 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Somwana, panguva yokutonga kwaCaliph Umar muna 636, Ibn al-Zubayr angave aivapo nababa vake paHondo yeYarmouk vachirwisa vaByzantine muSyria. Akanga aripowo nababa vake muhondo yaAmr ibn al-As yokurwisa Byzantine Egypt muna 640. Muna 647, Ibn al-Zubayr akazviratidza mukukunda kwevaMuslim kweIfriqiya North Africa pasi pemutungamiriri Abd Allah ibn Sad. Mukati mehondo iyoyo, Ibn al-Zubayr akawana nzvimbo isina kudzivirirwa mumitsetse yehondo yavadziviriri veByzantium uye akauraya mutongi wavo, Gregory. Akarumbidzwa naCaliph Uthman uye akapa hurukuro yokukunda, yaizivikanwa nokuda kwokutaura kwayo kwakanaka, pakudzokera kwake kuMedina. Gare gare, akabatana naSaid ibn al-As mukurwisa kwapashure kuchamhembe kweIran muna 650. Uthman akagadza Ibn al-Zubayr kuti ave mukomisheni yaitarisira kudzokororwa kweKoran. Mukati mokukombwa kweimba yaUthman nevapandukimuna June 656, caliph akaisa Ibn al-Zubayr mutariri wokudzivirira kwake uye anonzi akakuvadzwa mukurwisana. Mushure mekuurayiwa kwaOthman, Ibn al-Zubayr akarwa pamwe chete nababa vake naamainini vake Aisha vachipesana nevatsigiri vemutsivi waOthman, Caliph Ali, paHondo yeKamera muBasra muna Zvita. Al-Zubayr akaurayiwa, nepo Ibn al-Zubayr akakuvadzwa achirwisana nomumwe wevatungamiriri vaAli, Malik al-Ashtar. Ali akakunda uye Ibn al-Zubayr akadzokera naAisha kuMedina, gare gare achitora chikamu mukutonga kupedza Fitna yekutanga hondo yevagari vemuMuslim muAdhruh kana Dumat al-Jandal. Munguva yekukurukurirana, akapa zano Abd Allah ibn Umar kuti abhadhare rubatsiro rwaAmr ibn al-As. Ibn al-Zubayr akagara nhaka pfuma yakawanda kubva kuna baba vake. 