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Az-Zubair emigrated to Abyssinia twice, in the first and second migrations. Then he returned to take
part in the battles with the Prophet (PBUH). No raid or battle ever missed him.
Plentiful were the stabs which his body had to receive and preserve even after his wounds had been
healed. They were like medals telling of Az-Zubair's heroism and glory.
Let us listen to one of his companions, who once saw and described these medals, which crowded
each other over his body: While accompanying Az- Zubair in one of his journeys, I saw his body spotted
with sword scars. His chest was like hollow eyes due to the variety of stabs and wounds. I said to him,
"I've seen on your body what I've never seen before." He replied, "By Allah, I haven't received one of
them except while I was with the Prophet (PBUH) and in the cause of Allah."
During the Battle of Uhud, after the army of the Quraish had retreated towards Makkah, the Prophet
(PBUH) assigned him together with Abu Bakr to follow the Quraish's army and to chase them so they
would realize how strong the Muslim party was and would not think of reattacking Al-Madiinah and
continuing the fight. Abu Bakr and Az-Zubair led 70 Muslims. Although they were chasing a victorious
army, the military skill used by As-Siddiiq and Az-Zubair, made the Quraish think that they had
overestimated the Tosses of the Muslim party. They thought that the powerful front row, whose strength
Az-Zubair and As-Siddiiq successfully demonstrated, was nothing other than the advance guard of the
Prophet's army, which seemed to approach in order to launch a horrible pursuit. The Quraish hastened
away and quickened their pace towards Makkah.
On the Day of Al-Yarmuuk, Az-Zubair was an army in himself. When he saw most of the warriors
under his command moving backwards when they saw the huge advancing Roman "mountains", he
cried, "Allahu akbar! Allah is the greatest!" With a sharp striking sword he burst alone into those
advancing "mountains", then he retreated, then penetrated the same horrible rows with his sword in his
right hand, never tripping nor slipping.
May Allah be pleased with him who was so much in love with martyrdom, full of enthusiasm for
dying in the cause of Allah. He said, "Talhah gives his sons names of the Prophets and he knows there is
no prophet after Muhammad (PBUH). But I give my sons the names of martyrs, and may they die as
martyrs!"
In this way he named one son `Abd Allah as a good omen, after the martyr Companion Abd Allah
lbn Jahsh; another he named Al-Mundhir after the martyr Companion Al-Mundhir lim `Amr; another he
named Urwah after the martyr Companion `Urwah Ibn `Amr; another he called Hamzah after the martyr
Companion Hamzah Ibn Abi Taalib; another he called Ja'far after the martyr Companion Ja'far Ibn Abi
Taalib; another he called Mus`ab after the martyr Companion Mus'ab Ibn Umair and another he called
Khaalid after the martyr Companion Khaalid lbn Sa`iid.
In this way he chose for his sons the names of martyrs, hoping that they would all die martyrs.
It is mentioned in his biography that he never held a governorship, nor the task of collecting taxes or
tribute, but only the task of fighting in the cause of Allah.
His merit as a warrior can be seen in his total self-reliance and his complete self-confidence.
Even if 100,000 warriors were to join him in combat, you would still see him fighting as if standing
alone on the battlefield, and as if the responsibility of fighting and for victory rested on him alone.
His merit as a warrior is represented in his firmness and the strength of his nerves.
He saw his uncle Hamzah on the Day of Uhud: the polytheists had cut his corpse into pieces in a
dreadful way. He stood in front of him like a high firm rooted mountain, gritting his teeth while holding