أَبُو نَوْفَلِ بْنُ أَبِي عَقْرَبٍ الْعَرِيجِيُّ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ

I saw (the dead body) of Abdullah b. Zubair hanging on the road of Medina (leading to Mecca). The Quraish passed by it and other people too, that Abdullah b. Umar happened to pass by it. He stood up there and said: May there be peace upon you, Abu Khubaib (the Kunya of Hadrat 'Abdullah b. Zubair), may there be peace upon you Abu Khubaib, may there be peace upon you, Abu Khubaib! By Allah, I used to forbid you from this; by Allah, I used to forbid you from this, by Allah I used to forbid you from this. By Allah, so far as I know, you had been very much devoted to fasting and prayer and you had been paying very much care to cementing the ties of blood. By Allah, the group to which you belong (are labelled) as (a) wicked (person) is indeed a fine group. Then 'Abdullah b. 'Umar went away. The stand 'Abdullah (b. 'Umar) took in regard to the inhuman treatment (meted out to 'Abdullah b. Zubair) and his words (in that connection) were conveyed to Hajjaj (b. Yusuf) and (as a consequence of that) he (the body of Abdullah b. Zubair) was brought down from the stump (the scaffold) by which it was hanging and thrown into the graves of the Jews. He (Hajjaj) sent (his messenger) to Asma' (bint Abu Bakr, 'Abdullah's mother). But she refused to come. He again sent the messenger to her with the message that she must come, otherwise he would bring her forcibly catching hold of her hair. But she again refused and said: By Allah, I will not come to you until you send one to me who would drag me by pulling my hair. Thereupon he said: Bring me my shoes. He put on his shoes and walked on quickly swollen with vanity and pride until he came to her and said: How do you find what I have done with the enemy of Allah? She said: I find that you wronged him in this world, whereas he has spoiled your next life. It has been conveyed to me that you used to call him ('Abdullah b. Zubair) as the son of one having two belts. By Allah, I am indeed (a woman) of two belts. One is that with the help of which I used to suspend high the food of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and that of Abu Bakr (making it out of the reach) of animals and, so far as the second belt is concerned, that is the belt which no woman can dispense with. Verily Messenger of Allah ﷺ told us that in Thaqif, there would be born a great liar and great murderer. The liar we have seen, and as far as the murderer is concerned, I do not find anyone else besides you. 'Thereupon he (Hajjaj) stood up and did not give any reply to her.  

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَبَا خُبَيْبٍ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَبَا خُبَيْبٍ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَبَا خُبَيْبٍ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَنْهَاكَ عَنْ هَذَا أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَنْهَاكَ عَنْ هَذَا أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَنْهَاكَ عَنْ هَذَا أَمَا وَاللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مَا عَلِمْتُ صَوَّامًا قَوَّامًا وَصُولاً لِلرَّحِمِ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لأُمَّةٌ أَنْتَ أَشَرُّهَا لأُمَّةٌ خَيْرٌ ثُمَّ نَفَذَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فَبَلَغَ الْحَجَّاجَ مَوْقِفُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَقَوْلُهُ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَأُنْزِلَ عَنْ جِذْعِهِ فَأُلْقِيَ فِي قُبُورِ الْيَهُودِ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى أُمِّهِ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَأَبَتْ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُ فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهَا الرَّسُولَ لَتَأْتِيَنِّي أَوْ لأَبْعَثَنَّ إِلَيْكِ مِنْ يَسْحَبُكِ بِقُرُونِكِ قَالَ فَأَبَتْ وَقَالَتْ وَاللَّهِ لاَ آتِيكَ حَتَّى تَبْعَثَ إِلَىَّ مَنْ يَسْحَبُنِي بِقُرُونِي قَالَ فَقَالَ أَرُونِي سِبْتَىَّ فَأَخَذَ نَعْلَيْهِ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ يَتَوَذَّفُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتِنِي صَنَعْتُ بِعَدُوِّ اللَّهِ قَالَتْ رَأَيْتُكَ أَفْسَدْتَ عَلَيْهِ دُنْيَاهُ وَأَفْسَدَ عَلَيْكَ آخِرَتَكَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ ذَاتِ النِّطَاقَيْنِ أَنَا وَاللَّهِ ذَاتُ النِّطَاقَيْنِ أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَكُنْتُ أَرْفَعُ بِهِ طَعَامَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَطَعَامَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ وَأَمَّا الآخَرُ فَنِطَاقُ الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي لاَ تَسْتَغْنِي عَنْهُ أَمَا إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَّ فِي ثَقِيفٍ كَذَّابًا وَمُبِيرًا فَأَمَّا الْكَذَّابُ فَرَأَيْنَاهُ وَأَمَّا الْمُبِيرُ فَلاَ إِخَالُكَ إِلاَّ إِيَّاهُ قَالَ فَقَامَ عَنْهَا وَلَمْ يُرَاجِعْهَا  

[Machine] Peace be upon you, Abu Khuwailib, who said it three times. I indeed forbade you from doing so three times. You were indeed fasting and observing night prayer, maintaining ties of kinship. He said, "Al-Hajjaj reached the position of Abdullah bin Umar and brought him down, throwing him in the graves of the Jews. He sent a message to Asma bint Abi Bakr to come to him, but she refused as her eyesight had gone. So, he sent her a message saying, 'Either you come to me or I will send someone to drag you by your hair.' She said, 'By Allah, I will not come to you until you send me someone to drag me by my hair.' So, his messenger went to her and informed her of this. She said, 'O boy, take hold of my garment and make me walk until I come to him.' So, he held her garment and she walked, dragging the feet. When she came to him, he asked her, 'How did you see what Allah has done to the enemy of Allah?' She replied, 'I have indeed seen that you have ruined his worldly life and his Hereafter. But as for the one whom you used to insult with regards to her two waistlines, surely I (Asma bint Abu Bakr) had one waistline which I covered with food for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the ants, and the other waistline was for the women and we cannot do without it.' I have indeed heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Indeed, there is a liar and a troublemaker in Ta'if.' As for the liar, we have seen him, and as for the troublemaker, it is you.' Then he left. The narrations have been authenticated in Musnad through the hearing of Abdullah bin Zubair from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his coming and going to and from him when he was only eight years old. And I remember by the will of Allah the Most High, in this place, his narrations that indicate this. Indeed, the exit (to Madinah) in his Musnad from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is ninety-seven hadiths.  

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَبَا خُبَيْبٍ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ لَقَدْ نَهَيْتُكَ عَنْ ذَا قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا لَقَدْ كُنْتَ صَوَّامًا قَوَّامًا تَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ قَالَ فَبَلَغَ الْحَجَّاجَ مَوْقِفُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ فَاسْتَنْزَلَهُ فَرَمَى بِهِ فِي قُبُورِ الْيَهُودِ وَبَعَثَ إِلَى أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُ وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ بَصَرُهَا فَأَبَتْ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهَا لَتَجِيئَنَّ أَوْ لَأَبْعَثَنَّ إِلَيْكِ مَنْ يَسْحَبُكِ بِقُرُونِكِ قَالَتْ وَاللَّهِ لَا آتِيَكَ حَتَّى تَبْعَثَ إِلَيَّ مَنْ يَسْحَبُنِي بِقُرُونِي فَأَتَى رَسُولُهُ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ يَا غُلَامُ نَاوِلْنِي سَبِيبَتِي فَنَاوَلَهُ بَغْلَتَهُ فَقَامَ وَهُوَ يَتَوَقَّدُ حَتَّى أَتَاهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا كَيْفَ رَأَيْتِ اللَّهَ صَنَعَ بِعَدُوِّ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَتْ رَأَيْتُكَ أَفْسَدْتَ عَلَيْهِ دُنْيَاهُ وَأَفْسَدْتَ عَلَيْكَ آخِرَتَكَ وَأَمَّا مَا كُنْتَ تُعَيِّرُهُ بِذَاتِ النِّطَاقَيْنِ أَجَلْ لَقَدْ كَانَ لِي نِطَاقَانِ نِطَاقٌ أُغَطِّي بِهِ طَعَامَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ النَّمْلِ وَنِطَاقِي الْآخَرُ لَا بُدَّ لِلنِّسَاءِ مِنْهُ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ فِي ثَقِيفٍ كَذَّابًا وَمُبِيرًا» فَأَمَّا الْكَذَّابُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْنَاهُ وَأَمَّا الْمُبِيرُ فَأَنْتَ ذَاكَ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ «وَقَدْ صَحَّتِ الرِّوَايَاتُ بِسَمَاعِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَدُخُولِهِ عَلَيْهِ وَخُرُوجِهِ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَمَانِ سِنِينَ وَأَنَا ذَاكِرٌ بِمَشِيئَةِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ أَخْبَارَهُ الَّتِي تَدُلُّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ الْمُخَرَّجَ فِي مُسْنَدِهِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَيِّفٌ وَسَبْعُونَ حَدِيثًا»