There had been some dispute between them, so I went early to Ibn Abbas and said, "Do you want to fight Ibn Zubayr and thus violate the sacred precincts of Allah?"He replied, "Allah forbid! Allah has decreed that Ibn Zubayr and the sons of Umaya will be the violators of its sanctity. By Allah, I will never violate it."He continued, "The people have said, 'Pledge allegiance to Ibn Zubayr.' I said, 'And who is more deserving of this matter than him? As for his father, he was the disciple of the Prophet ﷺ,'" meaning Zubayr, "'and as for his grandfather, he was the companion of the cave,'" meaning Abu Bakr, "'and his mother is the woman of the two waistbands,'" meaning Asma, "'and as for his maternal aunt, she is the Mother of the Believers,'" meaning Ayesha, "'and as for his paternal aunt, she was the wife of the Prophet ﷺ,'" meaning Khadijah, "'and as for the paternal aunt of the Prophet ﷺ, she was his grandmother,'" meaning Safiyya, "'and moreover he is chaste in Islam and a reciter of the Quran. By Allah, if they treat me kindly, they treat me as close kin, and if they take charge of me, they are noble peers in authority.'"But he favored the Tuwayts, the Usamas, and the Humayds, meaning the clans of the Banu Asad, namely Banu Tuwayt, Banu Usama, and Banu Asad. "Indeed, Ibn Abu al-As has stepped forward walking proudly," meaning Abdul-Malik bin Marwan, "while he has tucked his tail," meaning Ibn Zubayr.
حدثني عبد الله بن محمد قال حدثني يحيى بن معين حدثنا حجاج قال ابن جريج قال
وكان بينهما شيء فغدوت على ابن عباس فقلت أتريد أن تقاتل ابن الزبير فتحل حرم الله فقال معاذ الله إن الله كتب ابن الزبير وبني أمية محلين وإني والله لا أحله أبدا قال قال الناس بايع لابن الزبير فقلت وأين بهذا الأمر عنه أما أبوه فحواري النبي ﷺ يريد الزبير وأما جده فصاحب الغار يريد أبا بكر وأمه فذات النطاق يريد أسماء وأما خالته فأم المؤمنين يريد عائشة وأما عمته فزوج النبي ﷺ يريد خديجة وأما عمة النبي ﷺ فجدته يريد صفية ثم عفيف في الإسلام قارئ للقرآن والله إن وصلوني وصلوني من قريب وإن ربوني ربوني أكفاء كرام فآثر التويتات والأسامات والحميدات يريد أبطنا من بني أسد بني تويت وبني أسامة وبني أسد إن ابن أبي العاص برز يمشي القدمية يعني عبد الملك بن مروان وإنه لوى ذنبه يعني ابن الزبير