Hadith / Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba / 37:219
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 37:219
Book of Tribulations
كتاب الفتن
Hadith 37:219
Ibn ‘Ulayyah narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, who said: I came to Asma’ after the killing of ‘Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr. She said: "It has reached me that they crucified ‘Abdullah upside down and hung a cat with him. By Allah, I truly wished that I would not die until he was handed over to me, so that I could wash him, apply embalming substances (hunut) to him, shroud him, and then bury him." It was not long before the letter of ‘Abd al-Malik arrived, ordering that he be handed over to his family. So he was brought to Asma’, and she washed him, applied embalming substances to him, shrouded him, and then buried him.
حدثنا بن علية عن أيوب عن بن أبي مليكة قال أتيت أسماء بعد قتل عبد الله بن الزبير فقالت بلغني أنهم صلبوا عبد الله منكسا وعلقوا معه هرة والله إني لوددت أني لا أموت حتى يدفع إلي فأغسله وأحنطه وأكفنه ثم أدفنه فما لبثوا أن جاء كتاب عبد الملك أن يدفع إلى أهله فأتيت به أسماء فغسلته وحنطته وكفنته ثم دفنته