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Narrated `Urwa:On the day of (the battle) of Al-Yarmuk, the companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to Az-Zubair, "Will you attack the enemy so that we shall attack them with you?" Az-Zubair replied, "If I attack them, you people would not support me." They said, "No, we will support you." So Az-Zubair attacked them (i.e. Byzantines) and pierced through their lines, and went beyond them and none of his companions was with him. Then he returned and the enemy got hold of the bridle of his (horse) and struck him two blows (with the sword) on his shoulder. Between these two wounds there was a scar caused by a blow, he had received on the day of Badr (battle). When I was a child I used to play with those scars by putting my fingers in them. On that day (my brother) "Abdullah bin Az-Zubair was also with him and he was ten years old. Az-Zubair had carried him on a horse and left him to the care of some men

حدثنا احمد بن محمد، حدثنا عبد الله، اخبرنا هشام بن عروة، عن ابيه، ان اصحاب، رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قالوا للزبير يوم اليرموك الا تشد فنشد معك فقال اني ان شددت كذبتم. فقالوا لا نفعل، فحمل عليهم حتى شق صفوفهم، فجاوزهم وما معه احد، ثم رجع مقبلا، فاخذوا بلجامه، فضربوه ضربتين على عاتقه بينهما ضربة ضربها يوم بدر. قال عروة كنت ادخل اصابعي في تلك الضربات العب وانا صغير. قال عروة وكان معه عبد الله بن الزبير يوميذ وهو ابن عشر سنين، فحمله على فرس وكل به رجلا