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The Life of Muhammad The Life of Muhammad 59
rights, for as governor he had the power to do so. l;Iusayn said to him: 'By
God you shall do me justice or I will take my sword and stand in the
apostle's mosque and invoke the confederacy of the 1'u4ull' 'Abdullah b.
al-Zubayr who was with al-Walid at the time said: 'And I swear by God
that if he invokes it I will take my sword and stand with him until he gets
justice, or we will die together.' ""'hen the news reached al-Miswar b.
Makhrama b. Naufal al-Zuhrl and 'Abdu'l-Ra!)man b. 'Uthman b. 'Ubaydullah
al-Tayml they said the same. As soon as he realized what was happening
al-Walid gave al-I:Iusayn satisfaction.
This same Yazid, on the same authority, told me that Muhammad b.
Jubayr b. Mu!,im b. 'Adlyy b. Naufal b. 'Abdu Mana[, who was the most
learned of the Quraysh, met 'Abdu'I-Malik b. Marwan b. al-J:lakam when
he had killed Ibn al-Zubayr and the people had gathered against 'Abdu'l-
87 Malik. When he went in to see him he said: '0 Abu Sa'id, were not we and
you-meaning B. 'Abdu Shams b. Abdu Mana[ and B. Naufal b. 'Abdu
Manaf-partners in the confederacy of the 1'u4ul?' 'You should know
best,' he replied. 'Abdu'l-Malik said, 'No, you tell me, Abu Sa'id, the
truth of the matter.' He answered: 'No, by God, you and we kept out of
that I' 'You're right,' said