Ka kammala wannan jumla: A lokacin da yake yaro, a lokacin mulkin Khalifa Umar a shekara ta 636, Ibn al-Zubayr ya kasance tare da mahaifinsa a yakin Yarmouk da Byzantines a Siriya. Ya kuma kasance tare da mahaifinsa a yaƙin neman zaɓe na Amr ibn al-As a kan Byzantine Misira a 640. A cikin 647, Ibn al-Zubayr ya yi fice a cikin mamayar musulmi na Ifriqiya (Arewacin Afirka) a ƙarƙashin kwamandan Abd Allah ibn Sa'd. A lokacin wannan yaƙin, Ibn al-Zubayr ya gano wani wuri mai rauni a cikin rundunar sojojin Byzantine kuma ya kashe su, Gregory. An yabe shi da Khalifa Uthman kuma ya ba da jawabin nasara, sananne ga iya magana, lokacin da ya dawo Madina. Daga baya, ya haɗu da Sa'id ibn al-As a cikin hare-haren na ƙarshen a arewacin Iran a shekara ta 650. Uthman ya nada Ibn al-Zubayr ga hukumar da ke da alhakin karatun Alkur'ani. A lokacin da 'yan tawaye suka kewaye gidan Uthman a watan Yunin 656, kalifan ya sanya Ibn al-Zubayr da alhakin kare shi kuma an ba da rahoton cewa ya ji rauni a yakin. Bayan kisan gilla na Uthman, Ibn al-Zubayr ya yi yaƙi tare da mahaifinsa da kawunsa A'isha a kan magoya bayan magajin Uthman, Khalifa Ali, a Yaƙin Rakumi a Basra a watan Disamba. An kashe Al-Zubayr, yayin da Ibn al-Zubayr ya ji rauni yayin da yake fama da daya daga cikin kwamandojin Ali, Malik al-Ashtar. Ali ya yi nasara kuma Ibn al-Zubayr ya koma tare da A'isha zuwa Madina, daga baya ya shiga cikin sulhu don kawo karshen
Fitna ta farko (yaƙin basasa na musulmi) a Adhruh ko Dumat al-Jandal. A yayin tattaunawar, ya shawarci Abd Allah ibn Umar da ya biya tallafin Amr ibn al-As. Ibn al-Zubayr ya gaji dukiya mai yawa daga mahaifinsa.