The Disciple of the Holy Prophet (sa)
Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (ra) narrates that during the Battle of the Ditch, the Holy Prophet (sa) asked if there was anyone who would bring him news of the Banu Quraizah. Hazrat Zubair (ra) presented his services for the task. The Holy Prophet (sa) again asked if there was anyone who could bring him information regarding the Banu Quraizah. Again, Hazrat Zubair (ra) presented himself. The Holy Prophet (sa) asked for a third time, if there was anyone who could bring him information regarding the Banu Quraizah. Hazrat Zubair (ra) said that he was ready for the task. The Holy Prophet (sa) said, “Every prophet has a disciple and Zubair is my disciple.” Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra) once heard someone saying that he was the son of a disciple of the Holy Prophet (sa). Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra) said that this would only be true if he was from the progeny of Hazrat Zubair (ra). When asked if there was anyone other than Hazrat Zubair (ra) who was given the title of being a disciple of the Holy Prophet (sa), Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) said that to his knowledge there was no one else.
(al-Tabaqat al-Kubra li ibn Sa‘d, Vol. 3, p. 78, Zubair (ra) bin al-Awwam, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1990)
Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair (ra) narrates that on the day of the Battle of the Ditch, he and Umar bin Abi Salama were appointed to guard the women. When he looked up, he saw Hazrat Zubair (ra) riding a horse; he saw him going towards the Banu Quraizah two or three times. When Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair (ra) returned, he said, “O my father, I saw you going here and there.” He replied, “My son, did you really see me?” When he said, “Yes”, Hazrat Zubair (ra) said, “The Holy Prophet (sa) asked who would go to the Banu Quraizah and bring him information regarding them, and so upon hearing this, I went. When I returned with the report, the Holy Prophet (sa) mentioned both his mother and father with reference to me, meaning he said, ‘May my mother and my father be sacrificed for you.’”
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab Fazail al-Sahab al-Nabi, Hadith no. 3720)