Talhah and al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with them) were martyred in Rajab of the year 36 AH

It is narrated from al-Fadl bin Dukayn that he said: Sayyiduna Talhah and Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with them both) were martyred in Rajab of the year 36 AH.

Muhammad bin Umar narrates from his teachers that they said: On the day of the Battle of the Camel, which that year was Thursday the 10th of Jumada al-Akhirah, after the fighting Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) set off towards Madinah riding a horse called "Dhu al-Khimar". He was martyred in the valley of al-Siba' and was buried there. And it is reported from Sayyiduna Urwah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: My father was martyred on the day of the Battle of the Camel, and his age was four years more than sixty (that is, 64 years).

It is narrated from Ibn Umar: I heard Mus'ab bin Thabit bin Abdullah bin al-Zubayr saying: Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) took part in the Battle of Badr when he was 27 years old, and when he was martyred he was 64 years old.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Awn that he wept (at the mention of these Companions) and said: These were the best of people, and they were martyred. Then he said: Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) turned upon his killer and had overpowered him, whereupon he (the killer) said: "I remind you of Allah," so Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) held back from him. He did this several times. But when he betrayed Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) and struck him, Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "May Allah destroy you! You remind others of Allah and then forget Him yourself."

It is narrated from Humayd bin Munhib that he said: I performed Hajj in the year in which Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred. I met Sayyiduna Talhah, Sayyiduna al-Zubayr and Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with them) in Makkah. When they set off for Basrah, I went with them as well. Then Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) came out against them until the two sides met, and that was the day of the Battle of the Camel. On that day there was fierce fighting between the two sides, and on that day seventy men took hold of the nose-rein of the camel (of Sayyidah Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her). (The narrator mentioned the lengthy hadith and) at its end he said: Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) turned his back and departed (from the battlefield), and a man from Banu Tamim, Ibn Jurmuz, caught up with him and martyred him.