Zubayr ibn al-Awwam

""It is my arm (that you should praise) not my sword..." Zubayr ibn Awwam response towards his comrades appraisal after he killed Nawfal ibn Abdullah al-Makhzumi during the battle of the Trench."

""I commit myself… (to the battle of) Yarmouk, the decisive gates of the land of Levant, and the decisive battle of Nahawand.... the gates of Persia for the Muslim..." Zubayr ibn Awwam reciting poem about the battle of Yarmouk and the battle of Nahavand before fighting in the Siege of Heliopolis,"

""Khaybar, know that I am Zubayr, chief of a people no cowardly runaways, the son of those who defends their glory, the son of princes. O Yasir let not all the unbelievers deceive you, for all of them are like a slowly moving mirage." Zubayr ibn Awwam poetry before fighting Yassir in siege of Khaybar"

"sic|"...do not, argue humans with (the text of) Qur'an, instead, argue them with Sunnah.." Zubayr ibn Awwam advice to his son regarding Qur'an interpretation debate. which according to Fahamsyah translate as "...do not, argue humans regarding (the text of)Qur'an, instead, argue them with Sunnah..". Fahamsyah gave commentary that according to az-Zubayr, the matter of Quran tafsir(exegesis) should not be relying solely on logic, since human knowledges were limited. Fahamsyah said that the contemporary orthodox scholarships of Islam, using this words of az-Zubayr to dismiss the opinions of Ahl al-Ra'y such as Muʿtazila rationalist school of though, which emerg during the Islamic Golden Age era.{{cite AV media"