The companions رضي الله عنهم
Al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām رضي الله عنه
الزبير بن العوام
A companion who went to obtain news of Banū Qurayẓah at the Prophet's ﷺ request.
He answered the Prophet's ﷺ request for news
His challenges and choices
- He bore a wound from Badr and later received two more wounds over his shoulder at al-Yarmūk.
His standing in the sources
- At al-Aḥzāb he went to obtain news of Banū Qurayẓah at the Prophet's ﷺ request. On his return, the Prophet ﷺ said that his father and mother be sacrificed for him.
Connected lives
- Abū Bakr رضي الله عنه aṣ-Ṣiddīq
Bought and freed Bilāl رضي الله عنه and other tortured slaves; brought ʿUthmān رضي الله عنه, az-Zubayr, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf رضي الله عنه, Saʿd and Ṭalḥah رضي الله عنهم to Islam.
Sources and accounts
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Al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām رضي الله عنه
He answered the Prophet's ﷺ request for news
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3720He bore a wound from Badr and later received two more wounds over his shoulder at al-Yarmūk.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3721At al-Aḥzāb he went to obtain news of Banū Qurayẓah at the Prophet's ﷺ request. On his return, the Prophet ﷺ said that his father and mother be sacrificed for him.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3720Biographical account and appearances
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3720; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3721; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3720
Connected accounts
Abū Bakr رضي الله عنه aṣ-Ṣiddīq — Bought and freed Bilāl رضي الله عنه and other tortured slaves; brought ʿUthmān رضي الله عنه, az-Zubayr, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf رضي الله عنه, Saʿd and Ṭalḥah رضي الله عنهم to Islam.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3653; ; ar-Raḥīq al-Makhtūm, al-Mubārakpūrī