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4513. Narrated Nāfi‘: During the Fitnah (trial and affliction) of Ibn Az-Zubair, two men came to Ibn ‘Umar and said, “The people are lost, and you are the son of ‘Umar, and the Companion of the Prophet ﷺ, so what forbids you from coming out?” He said, “What forbids me is that Allāh has prohibited the shedding of my brother’s blood.” They both said, “Didn’t Allāh say, ‘And fight them until there is no more Fitnah?’” He said, “We fought until there was no more Fitnah and the worship became for Allāh (Alone), while you want to fight until there is Fitnah, and until the worship becomes for other than Allāh.”
