Part of the Ashra Mubshra
Hazrat Zubair (ra) was among those 10 fortunate companions whom the Holy Prophet (sa) gave the glad tiding of paradise in their lifetime. He is also among the al-Sahab al-Shura – the six men who formed the consultative body and whom Hazrat Umar (ra) nominated to be chosen as the next Khalifa before his demise.
(Usdul Ghaba, Vol. 2, p. 307, Zubair bin al-Awwam (ra), Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2003) (al-Isaba Fi Tamyeez al-Sahaba, Vol. 2, p. 457, Zubair bin al-Awwam (ra), Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1995) (Siyar al-Sahaba, Vol. 2, p. 67, Zubair bin al-Awwam (ra), Darul Ishaat, Karachi, 2004)