Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Achiri mwana, panguva yaitonga Caliph Umar muna 636, Ibn al-Zubayr angave akaenda nababa vake kuHondo yeYarmouk vachirwisa vaByzantine muSyria. Akanga aripowo nababa vake muhondo yaAmr ibn al-As yokurwisa Byzantine Egypt muna 640. Muna 647, Ibn al-Zubayr akazviratidza mukukunda kwevaMuslim kweIfriqiya (North Africa) pasi pemutungamiriri Abd Allah ibn Sa'd. Mukati mehondo iyoyo, Ibn al-Zubayr akawana nzvimbo isina kudzivirirwa mumitsetse yehondo yavadziviriri veByzantium uye akauraya mutongi wavo, Gregory. Akarumbidzwa naCaliph Uthman uye akapa hurukuro yokukunda, yaizivikanwa nokuda kwokutaura kwayo kwakanaka, pakudzokera kwake kuMedina. Gare gare, akabatana naSa'id ibn al-As mukurwisa kwapashure kuchamhembe kweIran muna 650. Uthman akagadza Ibn al-Zubayr kuti ave mukomisheni yaitarisira kudzokororwa kweKoran. Munguva yokurwiswa kwakaitwa imba yaOthman nevapanduki muna June 656, mutongi wechiIslam akaita kuti Ibn al-Zubayr ave mutariri wokudzivirira imba yaOthman uye anonzi akakuvadzwa muhondo yacho. Mushure mekuurayiwa kwaOthman, Ibn al-Zubayr akarwa pamwe chete nababa vake naamainini vake A'isha vachipesana nevatsigiri vemutsivi waOthman, Caliph Ali, paHondo yeKamera muBasra muna Zvita. Al-Zubayr akaurayiwa, nepo Ibn al-Zubayr akakuvadzwa achirwisana nomumwe wevatungamiriri vaAli, Malik al-Ashtar. Ali akakunda uye Ibn al-Zubayr akadzokera naA'isha kuMedina, gare gare achitora chikamu mukutonga kuti agumise
Fitna yokutanga (hondo yevagari vemo yevaMuslim) muAdhruh kana Dumat al-Jandal. Munguva yekukurukurirana, akapa zano Abd Allah ibn Umar kuti abhadhare rubatsiro rwaAmr ibn al-As. Ibn al-Zubayr akagara nhaka pfuma yakawanda kubva kuna baba vake.