The Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), narrates that al-Zubayr (bin Bata) was a blind man. Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays bin Shammas (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "On the day of Bu'ath, al-Zubayr passed by me and set me free, so give him to me so that I may repay him for it." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He is yours." Then Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said to al-Zubayr: "Do you recognise me?" He said: "Yes, you are Thabit." He said: "I am doing you a favour just as you did me a favour on the day of Bu'ath." He said: "Will that benefit me at all? Where is my family?" So he went back to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Give me his family as well." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him his family as well. Then he came to al-Zubayr and told him that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had returned his family to him. He said: "My nephew, what benefit is it to me if we live on as mere bodies? Where is the wealth?" So he went back again to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, give me his wealth as well." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "His wealth is yours as well." So he returned to him and said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has returned your wealth too, and Allah Almighty has intended good for you." He said: "My nephew, what became of Huyayy bin Akhtab, the chief of both the townspeople and the desert-dwellers?" He said: "He has been killed." He said: "My nephew, what became of Zayd bin Buta, the protector of the Jews?" He said: "He too has been killed." He said: "My nephew, what became of Ka'b bin Ashta, at whose beauty the maidens of the tribe used to marvel all day long?" He said: "He too has been killed." He said: "Where have the two assemblies gone?" He said: "They have become like yesterday that has passed." He said: "Then between me and meeting my loved ones there is only as long as it takes to empty a bucket. I ask you, by the favour I once did you, to join me to those people." The narrator said: So he killed him.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Muhammad bin Amr except Musa bin Ubaydah, and no one narrated it from Musa except Buhlul bin Muwarriq."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 8226
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف لضعف موسى بن عبيدة
Hadith Takhrij«قال الهيثمي: فيه موسى بن عبيدة وهو ضعيف «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 6، ص 142»»