I said to az-Zubair ؓ : “Why donʿt I hear you narrating from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as I hear Ibn Masʿood and so and so, and so and so?” He said: “I never left him since I became Muslim, but I heard something from him: ʿWhoever tells a lie about me deliberately, let him take his place in Hell.””
قُلْتُ لِلزُّبَيْرِ مَا لِي لَا أَسْمَعُكَ تُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا أَسْمَعُ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ وَفُلانًا وَفُلانًا؟ قَالَ أَمَا إِنِّي لَمْ أُفَارِقْهُ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ مِنْهُ كَلِمَةً مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ