Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 40618 — The journey of Aishah, Ali, Talhah

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him): On the day of the Battle of the Camel, Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) was standing. He called me and I stood at his side. Then he said: "Whoever is killed will be either a wrongdoer or one who was wronged. I see that I will be killed today. My greatest concern is my debt. Do you see any property remaining over from my debt?" Then he said: "O my son, sell my property and estate and pay my debt. I bequeath a third for you, and two thirds are for my sons. If any property remains after paying the debt, a third of it is for your son." Abdullah bin al-Zubayr said: Sayyiduna al-Zubayr, while instructing me about the debt, said: "My son, if you are unable anywhere, seek help from my Master (Mawla)." Abdullah Ibn al-Zubayr said: By Allah, I did not understand what was meant by Master, until I said: "Who is your Master?" He said: "Allah!" He said: By Allah, whenever I faced difficulty in paying the debt, I prayed: "O Master of al-Zubayr, pay his debt," and Allah Almighty helped in paying the debt. He said: Sayyiduna al-Zubayr was martyred, and there was no dirham or dinar in his estate except lands. Among these lands was al-Ghabah, and there were eleven houses in Madinah, two houses in Basrah, one house in Kufah and one house in Egypt. This debt came upon him in this way: when someone came to him to deposit something in trust, Sayyiduna al-Zubayr would say: "This is not a trust; rather it is a loan from you to me, because I fear it being lost." He never became governor of any city, nor governor over taxes and kharaj, nor governor of anything else, except that he was in the expeditions with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Sayyiduna Umar and Sayyiduna Uthman.