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Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr (RA)

عبد الله بن الزبير

1/2 AH - 73 AH

Son of al-Zubayr and Asma', the first child born to the Muhajirun in Madinah. He refused allegiance to Yazid and ruled as caliph from Makkah (64-73 AH) until killed by al-Hajjaj.

Biography

Abdullah was given his first taste of food (tahnik) by the Prophet ﷺ (Sahih Bukhari). He was a member of Uthman's committee to copy the Quran (Sahih Bukhari).

After the death of Mu'awiyah he refused to pledge to Yazid and, after Yazid's death (64 AH), was recognised as caliph in much of the Muslim world (the Second Fitnah). The Umayyad Abd al-Malik's general al-Hajjaj besieged Makkah and killed him in 73 AH.

Sources & explanation

۞ Qur'an

No specific verses cited for this node.

📜 Hadith verified on sunnah.com

  • Sahih Muslim 2545 Sahih

    After the killing of 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, Asma' confronted al-Hajjaj with the hadith that from Thaqif would come a great liar and a destroyer; she said the liar had been seen (commentators identify him as al-Mukhtar) and the destroyer was al-Hajjaj.

  • Sahih al-Bukhari 3909 Sahih

    Asma' gave birth to 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr in Quba' after the Hijrah; the Prophet ﷺ did his tahnik — the first child born to the Muslims after the Hijrah.

  • Sahih al-Bukhari 7112 Sahih

    Abu Barzah al-Aslami criticised those fighting for worldly power: Marwan in Sham, Ibn al-Zubayr in Makkah, and the qurra' in Basra.

💬 Explanation Unverified

Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's perspective

Methodological note (not a direct quote): Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's widely known approach is to build narratives primarily on the Quran and Sahih Hadith, to set aside Israiliyat (Judeo-Christian lore absorbed into later tafsir) and weak or fabricated narrations, and to avoid sectarian framing. Applied to this node: Sahih Bukhari reports; his caliphate is presented as history.

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Further references

  • Sahih Bukhari (tahnik)
  • Sahih Bukhari (Quran committee)
  • Tarikh al-Tabari (historical)

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