Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Zubair that on the day of the Battle of Jamal, Hazrat Zubair was standing and he called me; I stood by his side. Then he said, "I will be killed either as an oppressor or as one oppressed. I see that today I will be killed as one oppressed. I am most concerned about my debt. Do you see any wealth in excess of my debt?" Then he said, "O my son, sell my property and estate to pay off my debt. I bequeath one third for you, and two thirds are for my sons. After paying the debt, if any wealth remains, then one third is for your son." Abdullah bin Zubair says that Hazrat Zubair, while advising me about the debt, said, "My son, if you ever find yourself unable, then seek help from my Master." Abdullah bin Zubair says, "By Allah, I did not understand what he meant by 'Master' until I asked, 'Who is your Master?' He replied, 'Allah!' He says, 'By Allah, whenever I faced difficulty in paying the debt, I prayed, 'O Zubair's Master, pay off his debt,' and Allah helped in paying the debt." He says that when Hazrat Zubair was martyred, he left behind no dirham or dinar except for lands. Among those lands were some gardens, eleven houses in Madinah, two houses in Basra, one house in Kufa, and one house in Egypt. This debt was upon him because whenever someone came to him to deposit a trust, Hazrat Zubair would say, "This is not a trust, but rather your loan with me, because I fear it might be lost." He was never appointed as a governor of any city, nor as a collector of taxes or tribute, nor as a governor of anything else, except that he participated in battles with the Noble Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), Hazrat Abu Bakr, Hazrat Umar, and Hazrat Uthman.