Qoraal kooban oo faahfaahsan oo ku saabsan qodobkan - Ilmo ahaan, intii lagu jiray xukunkii Khaliif Cumar ee 636, Ibn al-Zubayr waxaa laga yaabaa inuu la joogay aabihiis Dagaalkii Yarmouk ee ka dhanka ahaa Byzantines ee Suuriya. Wuxuu sidoo kale la joogay aabihiis ololihii Amr ibn al-As ee ka dhanka ahaa Byzantine Egypt sanadkii 640. Sanadkii 647, Ibn al-Zubayr wuxuu ku dhex muuqday guushii muslimiinta ee Ifriqiya (Waqooyiga Afrika) oo uu hoggaaminayay taliyaha Abd Allah ibn Sa'd. Intii lagu guda jiray duulaankaas, Ibn al-Zubayr waxa uu helay meel uu ku daciifsan yahay oo ay ku dagaalamayeen difaacayaashii Byzantine-ka waxa uuna dilay madaxdooda, Gregory. Waxaa amaanay Caliph Uthman wuxuuna soo saaray khudbad guul ah, oo si fiican loogu yaqaanay khudbadiisa, markii uu ku soo laabtay Madiina. Kadib, wuxuu ku biiray Sa'id ibn al-As weerarkii ugu dambeeyay ee waqooyiga Iiraan sanadkii 650. Cusmaan wuxuu Ibn al-Zubayr u magacaabay guddiga loo xilsaaray qur'aanka kariimka. Intii lagu guda jiray go'doominta mucaaradka ee gurigii Cuthmaan bishii Juun 656, khaliifka ayaa Ibn al-Zubayr u xilsaaray difaaciisa waxaana la sheegay inuu ku dhaawacmay dagaalka. Kadib markii la dilay Cuthmaan, Ibn al-Zubayr wuxuu la dagaalamay aabihiis iyo adeerkiis A'isha oo ka soo horjeeday taageerayaasha bedelka Cuthmaan, Khaliif Ali, Dagaalkii Geela ee Basra bishii Diseembar. Al-Zubayr ayaa la dilay, halka Ibn al-Zubayr uu ku dhaawacmay isagoo la dagaallamaya mid ka mid ah taliyayaashii Ali, Malik al-Ashtar. Cali ayaa guuleystay, Ibn al-Zubayr wuxuu la soo noqday A'isha Madiina, isagoo markii dambe ka qayb qaatay dhexdhexaadinta si loo soo afjaro Fitnada Koowaad
(Dagaal sokeeye oo Muslim ah) ee Adhruh ama Dumat al-Jandal. Intii lagu guda jiray wadahadalada, wuxuu kula taliyay Abd Allah ibn Umar inuu bixiyo taageerada Amr ibn al-As. Ibn al-Zubayr wuxuu aabihiis ka dhaxlay hanti badan.