English translation
4665. Narrated Ibn Abī Mulaika: There was a disagreement between them (i.e., Ibn 'Abbās and Ibn Az-Zubair) رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا so I went to Ibn 'Abbās in the morning and said (to him), "Do you want to fight against Ibn Zubair and thus make lawful what Allāh has made unlawful (i.e., fighting in Makkah)?" Ibn 'Abbās said, "Allāh forbid! Allāh ordained that Ibn Az-Zubair and Banī Umayya would permit (fighting in Makkah), but by Allāh, I will never regard it as permissible." Ibn 'Abbās added, "The people asked me to give the Bai'a (pledge) to Ibn Az-Zubair. I said, 'He is really entitled to assume authority for his father, Az-Zubair was the helper of the Prophet ﷺ, his (maternal) grandfather Abū Bakr was (the Prophet's) companion in the cave, his mother Asmā' was Dhātun-Nitāq, his aunt 'Aishah was the Mother of the believers, his paternal aunt Khadīja was the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, and the paternal aunt of the Prophet ﷺ was his grandmother. He himself is pious and chaste in Islām, well-versed in
the knowledge of the Qur'an. By Allāh! (Really, I left my relatives, Banī Umayya for his sake though) they are my close relatives, and if they should be my rulers, they are equally apt to be so and are descended from a noble family."
Arabic text
4665 - حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ: قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ: وَكَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا شَيْءٌ، فَغَدَوْتُ عَلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، فَقُلْتُ: أَتُرِيدُ أَنْ تُقَاتِلَ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ، فَتُحِلَّ حَرَمَ اللَّهِ؟ فَقَالَ: «مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ وَبَنِي أُمَيَّةَ مُحِلِّينَ، وَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَا أُحِلُّهُ أَبَدًا»، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّاسُ: بَايِعْ لِابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ فَقُلْتُ: " وَأَيْنَ بِهَذَا الأَمْرِ عَنْهُ، أَمَّا أَبُوهُ: فَحَوَارِيُّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يُرِيدُ الزُّبَيْرَ - وَأَمَّا جَدُّهُ: فَصَاحِبُ الغَارِ - يُرِيدُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ - وَأُمُّهُ: فَذَاتُ النِّطَاقِ - يُرِيدُ أَسْمَاءَ - وَأَمَّا خَالَتُهُ: فَأُمُّ المُؤْمِنِينَ - يُرِيدُ عَائِشَةَ - وَأَمَّا عَمَّتُهُ: فَزَوْجُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يُرِيدُ خَدِيجَةَ - وَأَمَّا عَمَّةُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: فَجَدَّتُهُ - يُرِيدُ صَفِيَّةَ - ثُمَّ عَفِيفٌ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ، قَارِئٌ لِلْقُرْآنِ، وَاللَّهِ إِنْ وَصَلُونِي وَصَلُونِي مِنْ قَرِيبٍ، وَإِنْ رَبُّونِي رَبُّونِي أَكْفَاءٌ كِرَامٌ، فَآثَرَ التُّوَيْتَاتِ وَالْأُسَامَاتِ وَالْحُمَيْدَاتِ يُرِيدُ أَبْطُنًا مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ بَنِي تُوَيْتٍ وَبَنِي أُسَامَةَ وَبَنِي أَسَدٍ، إِنَّ ابْنَ أَبِي العَاصِ بَرَزَ يَمْشِي القُدَمِيَّةَ - يَعْنِي عَبْدَ المَلِكِ بْنَ مَرْوَانَ - وَإِنَّهُ لَوَّى ذَنَبَهُ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ - "
