وَعَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ: لَمَّا مَاتَ مُعَاوِيَةُ تَثَاقَلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ طَاعَةِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَأَظْهَرَ شَتْمَهُ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ يَزِيدَ، فَأَقْسَمَ لَا يُؤْتَى بِهِ إِلَّا مَغْلُولًا، وَإِلَّا أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ. فَقِيلَ لِابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ: أَلَا نَصْنَعُ لَكَ أَغْلَالًا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ تَلْبَسُ عَلَيْهَا الثَّوْبَ، وَتَبَرُّ قَسَمَهُ، فَالصُّلْحُ أَجْمَلُ بِكَ، قَالَ: فَلَا أَبَرَّ اللَّهُ قَسَمَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَلَا أَلِينُ لِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ أَسْأَلُهُ ... حَتَّى يَلِينَ لِضِرْسِ الْمَاضِغِ الْحَجَرُ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَاللَّهِ لَضَرْبَةٌ بِسَيْفٍ فِي عِزٍّ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ ضَرْبَةٍ بِسَوْطٍ فِي ذُلٍّ. ثُمَّ دَعَا إِلَى نَفْسِهِ، وَأَظْهَرَ الْخِلَافَ لِيَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ. فَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ يَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ مُسْلِمَ بْنَ عُقْبَةَ الْمُرِّيَّ فِي جَيْشِ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ، وَأَمَرَهُ بِقِتَالِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ سَارَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ. قَالَ: فَدَخَلَ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ الْمَدِينَةَ، وَهَرَبَ مِنْهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَقَايَا أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَعَبَثَ فِيهَا، وَأَسْرَفَ فِي الْقَتْلِ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ مِنْهَا. فَلَمَّا كَانَ بِبَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ مَاتَ وَاسْتَخْلَفَ حُصَيْنَ بْنَ نُمَيْرٍ الْكِنْدِيَّ، وَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ بَرْدَعَةِ الْحِمَارِ، احْذَرْ خَدَائِعَ قُرَيْشٍ، وَلَا تُعَامِلْهُمْ إِلَّا بِالثِّقَافِ ثُمَّ بِالْقِطَافِ. فَمَضَى حُصَيْنٌ حَتَّى وَرَدَ مَكَّةَ، فَقَاتَلَ بِهَا ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ أَيَّامًا، وَضَرَبَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ فُسْطَاطًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَكَانَ فِيهِ نِسَاءٌ يَسْقِينَ الْجَرْحَى وَيُدَاوِينَهُمْ، وَيُطْعِمْنَ الْجَائِعَ، وَيَكْتُمْنَ إِلَيْهِمُ الْمَجْرُوحَ. فَقَالَ حُصَيْنٌ: مَا يَزَالُ يَخْرُجُ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْفُسْطَاطِ أَسَدٌ كَأَنَّمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْ عَرِينِهِ، فَمَنْ يَكْفِينِيهِ؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ: أَنَا. فَلَمَّا جَنَّ اللَّيْلُ وَضَعَ شَمْعَةً فِي طَرَفِ رُمْحِهِ، ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ فَرَسَهُ، ثُمَّ طَعَنَ الْفُسْطَاطَ فَالْتَهَبَ نَارًا، وَالْكَعْبَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُؤَزِّرَةٌ بِالطَّنَافِسِ، وَعَلَى أَعْلَاهَا الْحِبَرَةُ، فَطَارَتِ الرِّيحُ بِاللَّهَبِ عَلَى الْكَعْبَةِ حَتَّى احْتَرَقَتْ، فَاحْتَرَقَ فِيهَا يَوْمَئِذٍ قَرْنَا الْكَبْشِ الَّذِي فُدِيَ بِهِ إِسْحَاقُ. قَالَ: وَبَلَغَ حُصَيْنَ بْنَ نُمَيْرٍ مَوْتُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ، فَهَرَبَ حُصَيْنُ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ. فَلَمَّا مَاتَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ دَعَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ، فَأَجَابَهُ أَهْلُ حِمْصَ وَأَهْلُ الْأُرْدُنِ وَفِلَسْطِينَ. فَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ الضَّحَّاكَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ الْفِهْرِيَّ فِي مِائَةِ أَلْفٍ، فَالْتَقَوْا بِمَرْجِ رَاهِطَ، وَمَرْوَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي خَمْسَةِ آلَافٍ مِنْ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ وَمَوَالِيهِمْ وَأَتْبَاعِهِمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ، فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ لِمَوْلًى لَهُ يُقَالُ لَهُ كِدَةُ: احْمِلْ عَلَى أَيِّ الطَّرَفَيْنِ شِئْتَ. فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ أَحْمِلُ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ لِكَثْرَتِهِمْ؟ قَالَ: هُمْ بَيْنَ مُكْرَهٍ وَمُسْتَأْجَرٍ، احْمِلْ عَلَيْهِمْ لَا أُمَّ لَكَ، فَيَكْفِيكَ الطِّعَانُ النَّاصِعُ هُمْ يَكْفُونَكَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ، إِنَّمَا هَؤُلَاءِ عَبِيدُ الدِّينَارِ وَالدِّرْهَمِ. فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَهَزَّهُمْ، وَقُتِلَ الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، وَانْصَدَعَ الْجَيْشُ. فَفِي ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ زُفَرُ: لَقَدْ أَبْقَتْ وَقِيعَةُ رَاهِطَ ... لِمَرْوَانَ صَرْعَى بَيْنَنَا مُتَنَائِيَا أَتَنْسَى سِلَاحِي لَا أَبَا لَكَ إِنَّنِي ... أَرَى الْحَرْبَ لَا تَزْدَادُ إِلَّا تَمَادِيَا وَقَدْ يَنْبُتُ الْمَرْعَى عَلَى دِمَنِ الثَّرَى ... وَتَبْقَى حَزَازَاتُ النُّفُوسِ كَمَا هِيَا. وَفِيهِ يَقُولُ أَيْضًا: أَفِي الْحَقِّ أَمَّا بَحْدَلٌ وَابْنُ بَحْدَلٍ ... فَيَحْيَا وَأَمَّا ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ فَيُقْتَلُ كَذَبْتُمْ وَبَيْتِ اللَّهِ لَا تَقْتُلُونَهُ ... وَلَمَّا يَكُنْ يَوْمٌ أَغَرُّ مُحَجَّلُ وَلَمَّا يَكُنْ لِلْمَشْرَفِيَّةِ فِيكُمُ ... شُعَاعٌ كَنُورِ الشَّمْسِ حِينَ تَرَحَّلُ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَاتَ مَرْوَانُ، وَدَعَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ لِنَفْسِهِ، وَقَامَ فَأَجَابَهُ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ، فَخَطَبَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَقَالَ: مَنْ لِابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ مِنْكُمْ؟ فَقَالَ الْحَجَّاجُ: أَنَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. فَأَسْكَتَهُ، ثُمَّ عَادَ، فَأَسْكَتَهُ، ثُمَّ عَادَ فَقَالَ: أَنَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ فِي النَّوْمِ أَنِّي انْتَزَعْتُ جُبَّتَهُ فَلَبِسْتُهَا. فَعَقَدَ لَهُ فِي الْجَيْشِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ حَتَّى وَرَدَهَا عَلَى ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، فَقَاتَلَهُ بِهَا. فَقَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ لَأَهْلِ مَكَّةَ: احْفَظُوا هَذَيْنِ الْجَبَلَيْنِ، فَإِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَزَالُوا بِخَيْرٍ أَعِزَّةً مَا لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَيْهِمَا. فَلَمْ يَلْبَسُوا أَنْ ظَهْرَ الْحَجَّاجُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ عَلَى أَبِي قُبَيْسٍ، وَنَصَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَنْجَنِيقَ، فَكَانَ يَرْمِي بِهِ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ. فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ الْغَدَاةُ الَّتِي قُتِلَ فِيهَا ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، دَخَلَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ عَلَى أُمِّهِ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ابْنَةُ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ لَمْ يَسْقُطْ لَهَا سِنٌّ وَلَمْ يُفْقَدْ لَهَا بَصَرٌ، فَقَالَتْ لِابْنِهَا: يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ، مَا فَعَلْتَ فِي حِزْبِكَ؟ قَالَ: بَلَغُوا مَكَانَ كَذَا وَكَذَا. قَالَ: وَضَحِكَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ فِي الْمَوْتِ لَرَاحَةً. قَالَتْ: يَا بُنَيَّ، لَعَلَّكَ تَتَمَنَّاهُ لِي؟ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَمُوتَ حَتَّى آتِيَ عَلَى أَحَدِ طَرَفَيْكَ، إِمَّا أَنْ تَمْلِكَ فَتَقَرَّ بِذَلِكَ عَيْنِي، وَإِمَّا أَنْ تُقْتَلَ فَأَحْتَسِبَكَ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ وَدَّعَهَا. قَالَتْ لَهُ: يَا بُنَيَّ، إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تُعْطِيَ خَصْلَةً مِنْ دِينِكَ مَخَافَةَ الْقَتْلِ. وَخَرَجَ عَنْهَا، وَدَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ، وَقَدْ جَعَلَ مِصْرَاعَيْنِ عَلَى الْحَجَرِ الْأَسْوَدِ يَتَّقِي بِهِمَا أَنْ يُصِيبَهُ الْمَنْجَنِيقُ، وَأَتَى ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ آتٍ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ الْحَجَرِ الْأَسْوَدِ فَقَالَ: أَلَا نَفْتَحُ لَكَ بَابَ الْكَعْبَةِ فَتَصْعَدُ فِيهَا؟ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ: مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ تَحْفَظُ أَخَاكَ إِلَّا مِنْ نَفْسِهِ - يَعْنِي أَجَلَهُ - وَهَلْ لِلْكَعْبَةِ حُرْمَةٌ لَيْسَتْ لِهَذَا الْمَكَانِ؟ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ وَجَدُوكُمْ مُتَعَلِّقِينَ بِأَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ لَقَتَلُوكُمْ. فَقِيلَ لَهُ: أَلَا تُكَلِّمُهُمْ فِي الصُّلْحِ؟ قَالَ: أَوَحِينَ صُلْحٍ هَذَا؟ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ وَجَدُوكُمْ فِيهَا لَذَبَحُوكُمْ جَمِيعًا، وَأَنْشَدَ يَقُولُ: وَلَسْتُ بِمُبْتَاعِ الْحَيَاةِ بِسَبَّةٍ وَلَا مُرْتَقٍ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ الْمَوْتِ سُلَّمَا ... أُنَافِسُ سَهْمًا إِنَّهُ غَيْرُ بَارِحٍ مُلَاقِي الْمَنَايَا أَيَّ حَرْفٍ تَيَمَّمَا ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى آلِ الزُّبَيْرِ يَعِظُهُمْ وَيَقُولُ: لِيُكِنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ سَيْفَهُ كَمَا يُكِنُّ وَجْهَهُ لَا يَنْكَسِرُ، فَيَدْفَعُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ بِيَدِهِ كَأَنَّهُ امْرَأَةٌ، وَاللَّهِ مَا لَقِيتُ زَحْفًا قَطُّ إِلَّا فِي الرَّعِيلِ الْأَوَّلِ، وَلَا أَلَمْتُ جُرْحًا قَطُّ إِلَّا أَنْ أَلَمَ الدَّوَاءَ. قَالَ: فَبَيْنَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ بَابِ بَنِي جُمَحَ فِيهِمْ أَسْوَدُ، قَالَ: مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ؟ قِيلَ: أَهْلُ حِمْصَ. فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَعَهُ سَيْفَانِ فَأَوَّلُ مَنْ لَقِيَهُ الْأَسْوَدُ فَضَرَبَهُ بِسَيْفِهِ حَتَّى أَطَنَّ رِجْلَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْأَسْوَدُ: أَخْ يَا ابْنَ الزَّانِيَةِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: اخْسَأْ يَا ابْنَ حَامٍ أَسْمَاءُ زَانِيَةٌ؟ ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ، وَانْصَرَفَ، فَإِذَا قَوْمٌ قَدْ دَخَلُوا مِنْ بَابِ بَنِي سَهْمٍ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ؟ قِيلَ: أَهْلُ الْأُرْدُنَ. فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: لَا عَهْدَ لِي بِغَارَةٍ مِثْلِ السَّيْلِ ... لَا يَنْجَلِي غُبَارُهَا حَتَّى اللَّيْلِ. فَأَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَإِذَا بِقَوْمٍ قَدْ دَخَلُوا مِنْ بَابِ بَنِي مَخْزُومٍ. فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: لَوْ كَانَ قَرْنِي وَاحِدًا كَفَيْتُهُ قَالَ: وَعَلَى ظَهْرِ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ أَعْوَانِهِ مَنْ يَرْمِي عَدُوَّهُ بِالْآجُرِّ وَغَيْرِهِ، فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَأَصَابَتْهُ آجُرَّةٌ فِي مَفْرِقِهِ حَتَّى فَلَقَتْ رَأْسَهُ، فَوَقَفَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: وَلَسْنَا عَلَى الْأَعْقَابِ تُدْمَى كُلُومُنَا ... وَلَكِنْ عَلَى أَقْدَامِنَا تَقْطُرُ الدَّمَا. قَالَ: ثُمَّ وَقَعَ، فَأَكَبَّ عَلَيْهِ مَوْلَيَانِ لَهُ وَهُمَا يَقُولَانِ: الْعَبْدُ يَحْمِي رَبَّهُ وَيَحْتَمِي قَالَ: ثُمَّ سُيِّرَ إِلَيْهِ فَحَزَّ رَأْسَهُ. رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ، وَفِيهِ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الذِّمَارِيُّ، وَثَّقَهُ ابْنُ حِبَّانَ وَغَيْرُهُ، وَضَعَّفَهُ أَبُو زُرْعَةَ وَغَيْرُهُ.
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ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr reports that when Muʿawiyah died, ʿAbdullah ibn al-Zubayr withheld obedience from Yazid ibn Muʿawiyah and openly reviled him, and when this reached Yazid he swore Ibn al-Zubayr would only be brought to him in fetters or he would send against him, so it was suggested to Ibn al-Zubayr that silver fetters be made for him to wear beneath his robe to fulfil the oath, since reconciliation befitted him, but he prayed Allah would not fulfil Yazid's oath and recited that he would never yield for other than truth until stone softened to the grinder's tooth, declaring by Allah that a sword-stroke in honour was dearer to him than a whip-stroke in disgrace, then he called the people to himself and openly opposed Yazid ibn Muʿawiyah, so Yazid dispatched Muslim ibn ʿUqbah al-Murri with the Syrian army, ordering him to fight the people of Madinah and then march to Makkah, and Muslim entered Madinah while the remnants of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fled from him, wrought havoc and excessive killing, then departed, and dying on the way appointed Husayn ibn Numayr al-Kindi, warning him as son of a donkey's packsaddle to beware Qurashi deceits and to deal with them only by arms and then by reaping, and Husayn marched to Makkah, fought Ibn al-Zubayr for days while Ibn al-Zubayr pitched a tent in the mosque where women watered and nursed the wounded, fed the hungry, and sheltered the injured, until Husayn complained that a lion kept emerging from that tent as from its den and asked who would suffice him, and a Syrian volunteered, and when night fell placed a torch at his spear-tip, spurred his horse, stabbed the tent so it blazed, while the Kaʿbah that day was draped in carpets with striped cloth above, so the wind carried the flames to the Kaʿbah until it burned, consuming that day the ram's horns with which Ishaq had been ransomed, and when news of Yazid ibn Muʿawiyah's death reached Husayn he fled, and after Yazid died Marwan ibn al-Hakam called the people to himself and was answered by Hims, Jordan, and Palestine, so Ibn al-Zubayr sent al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri with one hundred thousand men, and they met at Marj Rahit while Marwan stood with five thousand of Banu Umayyah, their clients and Syrian followers, and Marwan told his client Kidah to charge whichever flank he wished, and when Kidah balked at their numbers Marwan told him they were pressed men and hirelings, slaves of gold and silver, whom bright spear-thrusts would make to destroy themselves, so he charged, routed them, killed al-Dahhak ibn Qays, and shattered the army, concerning which Zufar recited verses on the carnage of Rahit left for Marwan, on war's persistence, on pastures regrowing while rancours remain, and on Bahdal's house living while Ibn al-Zubayr is slain, swearing by Allah's House they would not kill him before a bright fateful day and flashing swords like sunlight, and then Marwan died, ʿAbd al-Malik called the people to himself, the Syrians answered, and he asked from the minbar who would deal with Ibn al-Zubayr, and al-Hajjaj thrice volunteered, saying he had dreamt he stripped Ibn al-Zubayr's robe and wore it, so ʿAbd al-Malik appointed him over the army to Makkah, and al-Hajjaj fought Ibn al-Zubayr there, while Ibn al-Zubayr urged the Makkans to hold the two mountains, for they would remain well and honoured so long as the enemy did not dominate them, but soon al-Hajjaj and his men dominated Abu Qubays, mounted the catapult upon it, and pelted Ibn al-Zubayr and his men in the mosque, and on the morning Ibn al-Zubayr was killed he entered upon his mother Asmaʾ daughter of Abu Bakr, then a hundred years old with neither tooth lost nor sight impaired, and when she asked how his party fared and he told her, he laughed and said in death there is rest, but she replied, O my son, do you wish it for me, for she would not die until she attained one of his two ends, either his rule to cool her eyes or his martyrdom to commend him to Allah, and as he bade her farewell she warned him never to surrender any of his religion for fear of killing, and he left her, entered the mosque, set two door-leaves by the Black Stone to shield himself from the catapult, and when a comer suggested opening the Kaʿbah's door for him to ascend, he answered that he guarded his brother against everything but his own appointed term, and asked whether the Kaʿbah had sanctity this place lacked, for by Allah if they found them clinging to the Kaʿbah's curtains they would kill them, and when asked about treating for peace he asked whether this was an hour of peace, for by Allah if found therein they would all be slaughtered, reciting that he would neither buy life with disgrace nor climb a ladder from fear of death, but would meet fates like an unswerving arrow, then he exhorted the Zubayrids to sheath each his sword as he guards his face and not let it break so he must fend with his hand like a woman, swearing he had never met an assault but in the foremost rank nor felt a wound but the touch of medicine, and while thus engaged men entered through the Banu Jumah gate including a dark man, and told they were Himsis he charged them with two swords, struck the dark man first severing his leg, and when the man cursed him as son of an adulteress he answered, silence, son of Ham, is Asmaʾ an adulteress, then drove them from the mosque, and likewise charged Jordanians entering through the Banu Sahm gate reciting that he had never known a torrent-like raid whose dust clears not till night, driving them out, and charged Makhzum-gate entrants declaring one adversary alone would suffice him, while his helpers atop the mosque pelted the enemy with bricks, until a brick struck his crown, split his head, and he stood reciting that their wounds bleed not on their heels but drip upon their feet, then fell, his two clients crouched over him declaring the slave guards his master and is guarded, and then his head was severed and carried away.