Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
عبد الله بن الزبير الأسدي
عبد الله بن الزبير بن العوام بن خويلد بن أسد
Appears in 107 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
Immediate teacher layer
Received from
عبد الله بن الزبير الأسدي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
26
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
20
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
14
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
14
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
23
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
10
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
كان أول مولود في الإسلام بالمدينة من المهاجرين
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو بكر ، ويقال له : أبو خبيب
- Lineage / nisba
- القرشى ، الأسدى ، المدني ، المكي
- Generation
- كان أول مولود في الإسلام بالمدينة من المهاجرين
- Born
- 1 هـ ، أو 2 هـ
- Died
- 72 هـ ، أو 73 هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة, مكة
- Died in
- مكة
- Travelled to
- مصر
- Relatives
- جده : أبي بكر الصديق ، أمه : أسماء بنت أبي بكر الصديق ، وخالته : عائشة أم المؤمنين ، وجدته : صفية عمة رسول الله ، وعمة أبيه : خديجة بنت خويلد ، وهو والد : عامر ، وعباد ، وأم عمرو ، وابن ابنه : مصعب بن ثابت بن عبد الله بن الزبير ، وابن ابنه : يحيى بن عباد بن عبد الله بن الزبير ، وأخوه : عروة بن الزبير ، وأبناء أخيه : عبد الله ، ومحمد ، وهشام ، أبناء عروة بن الزبير ، ومولاه : يوسف بن الزبير ، وخادمه : مرزوق الثقفي
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 107مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِI said to my father, 'I do not hear from you any narration (Hadith) of Allah s Apostle as I hear (his narration) from so and so?" Az-Zubair replied. l was always with him (the Prophet) and I heard him saying "Whoever tel6 narratorsBukhari · 126يَا عَائِشَةُ ، لَوْلَا قَوْمُكِ حَدِيثٌ عَهْدُهُمْ ، قَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ : بِكُفْرٍ لَنَقَضْتُ الْكَعْبَةَ ، فَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا بَابَيْنِ ، بَابٌ يَدْخُلُ النَّاسُ وَبَابٌ يَخْرُجُونَIbn Az-Zubair said to me, "Aisha used to tell you secretly a number of things. What did she tell you about the Ka`ba?" I replied, "She told me that once the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'O `Aisha! Had not your people been still clo6 narratorsBukhari · 1630حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ هُوَ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبِيدَةُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ رُفَيْعٍ ، قال : " رَأَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْه'Abdul, 'Aziz bin Rufa'i said, "I saw 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair performing Tawaf of the Ka'ba after the morning prayer then offering the two rak'at prayer." 'Abdul 'Aziz added, "I saw 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair offering a two4 narratorsBukhari · 1875تُفْتَحُ الْيَمَنُ فَيَأْتِي قَوْمٌ يُبِسُّونَ فَيَتَحَمَّلُونَ بِأَهْلِهِمْ وَمَنْ أَطَاعَهُمْ ، وَالْمَدِينَةُ خَيْرٌ لَهُمْ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ ، وَتُفْتَحُ الشَّأْمُ فَيَأْتِي قَوْمٌ يُبِسُّونَ فَيَتَحَمَّلُونَ I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "Yemen will be conquered and some people will migrate (from Medina) and will urge their families, and those who will obey them to migrate (to Yemen) although Medina will be better fo6 narratorsBukhari · 2359أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ خَاصَمَ الزُّبَيْرَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي شِرَاجِ الْحَرَّةِ الَّتِي يَسْقُونَ بِهَا النَّخْلَ ، فَقَالَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ : سَرِّحْ الْمَاءَ يَمُرُّ ، فَأَAn Ansari man quarreled with Az-Zubair in the presence of the Prophet (ﷺ) about the Harra Canals which were used for irrigating the date-palms. The Ansari man said to Az-Zubair, "Let the water pass' but Az-Zubair refused5 narratorsBukhari · 2360أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ خَاصَمَ الزُّبَيْرَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي شِرَاجِ الْحَرَّةِ الَّتِي يَسْقُونَ بِهَا النَّخْلَ ، فَقَالَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ : سَرِّحْ الْمَاءَ يَمُرُّ ، فَأَAn Ansari man quarreled with Az-Zubair in the presence of the Prophet (ﷺ) about the Harra Canals which were used for irrigating the date-palms. The Ansari man said to Az-Zubair, "Let the water pass' but Az-Zubair refused5 narratorsBukhari · 2501حَدَّثَنَا أَصْبَغُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدٌ ، عَنْ زُهْرَةَ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ ، وَكَانَ قَدْ أَدْرَكَthat his mother Zainab bint Humaid took him to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Take the pledge of allegiance from him." But he said, "He is still too young for the pledge," and passed his hand on his 7 narratorsBukhari · 2502حَدَّثَنَا أَصْبَغُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدٌ ، عَنْ زُهْرَةَ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ ، وَكَانَ قَدْ أَدْرَكَthat his mother Zainab bint Humaid took him to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Take the pledge of allegiance from him." But he said, "He is still too young for the pledge," and passed his hand on his 7 narratorsBukhari · 2661كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ سَفَرًا أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَ أَزْوَاجِهِ ، فَأَيَّتُهُنَّ خَرَجَ سَهْمُهَا خَرَجَ بِهَا مَعَهُ ، فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَنَا فِي غَزَاةٍ غَزَاهَا ، (the wife of the Prophet) "Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) intended to go on a journey, he would draw lots amongst his wives and would take with him the one upon whom the lot fell. During a Ghazwa of his, he drew lots amo18 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3082حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ وَحُمَيْدُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ الشَّهِيدِ ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ ، قَالَ : ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ لِابْنIbn Az-Zubair said to Ibn Ja`far "Do you remember when I, you and Ibn `Abbas went out to receive Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" Ibn Ja`far replied in the affirmative. Ibn Az-Zubair added, "And Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) made us (i.e7 narratorsBukhari · 3129حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : لِأَبِي أُسَامَةَ أَحَدَّثَكُمْ هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، قَالَ : لَمَّا وَقَفَ الزُّبَيْرُ يوم الجمWhen Az-Zubair got up during the battle of Al-Jamal, he called me and I stood up beside him, and he said to me, "O my son! Today one will be killed either as an oppressor or as an oppressed one. I see that I will be kill5 narratorsBukhari · 3658لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ خَلِيلًا لَاتَّخَذْتُهُ أَنْزَلَهُ أَبًا يَعْنِي أَبَا بَكْرٍThe people of Kufa sent a letter to Ibn Az-Zubair, asking about (the inheritance of) (paternal) grandfather. He replied that the right of the inheritance of (paternal) grandfather is the same as that of father if the fat5 narrators