For confronting the tyranny of al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf, ‘Abdullāh ibn al-Zubayr  was crucified in front of the Sacred House in Mecca, and his body was thrown into the graveyard of the Jews.

Then al-Ḥajjāj marched to his mother’s house, ‘Asmā’ bint Abī Bakr , the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم sister-in-law. He said to her, “What do you think of what I have just done to the enemy of Allah?” referring to her son, ‘Abdullāh ibn al-Zubayr. Though al-Ḥajjāj was trying to strike fear in her heart, lest a person of her position inspire more rebellion, this was a woman strengthened by a prophecy she had heard directly from the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم lips. Her response was, “I think you have destroyed his worldly life by destroying your own afterlife… The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم has certainly told us that emerging from Thaqīf would be a liar and a murderer. The liar we have seen, and as far as the murderer is concerned, I have no doubt that you are him.” Without saying a single word, al-Ḥajjāj rose and exited in disgrace.305 Hadith commentators agree that the liar from Thaqīf was al-Mukhtār ibn Abī ‘Ubayd, who claimed prophethood.