Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Dan al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam da Asma bint Abi Bakr, Ibn al-Zubayr na cikin Quraysh, babban kabilar al'ummar musulmi mai tasowa, kuma shi ne ɗan fari da aka haifa wa Muhajirun, farkon musulmai na Musulunci. A lokacin da yake matashi, ya halarci farkon mamayar musulmai tare da mahaifinsa a Siriya da Masar, kuma daga baya ya taka rawa a mamayar musulmai na Arewacin Afirka da arewacin Iran a cikin 647 da 650, bi da bi. A lokacin yakin basasa na Musulmi na farko
, ya yi yaƙi tare da kawunsa A'isha a kan Khalifa Ali (). Kodayake ba a ji labarin Ibn al-Zubayr ba a lokacin mulkin Khalifan Umayyad na farko Mu'awiya I (), an san cewa ya yi adawa da nadin ɗansa, Yazid I, a matsayin magajinsa. Ibn al-Zubayr, tare da yawancin Quraysh da Ansar, manyan kungiyoyin musulmai na Hejaz (yammacin Arabiya), sun yi adawa da halifanci ya zama tsarin gado na Umayyads.