SA'D IBN ABI WAQQAS

Biography
LIFE
 Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqās (Arabic: ‫ سعد بن أبي وقاص‬, ) also known
as Saʿd ibn Malik, was one of the companions of the Islamic
prophet. Saʿd was reportedly the seventh person to embrace
Islam, which he did at the age of seventeen. He is mainly
known for his commandership in the Battle of al-
Qadisiyyah and in the conquest of Persia in 636, his
governorship over Persia, and his diplomatic sojourns
to China in 651 .
FAMILY

 Saʿd was born in Mecca in 595. His father was Abu Waqqas
Malik ibn Uhayb ibn Abd Manaf ibn Zuhrah from the Banu
Zuhrah clan of the Quraysh tribe. Uhayb ibn Abd Manaf was
the paternal uncle of Aminah bint Wahb, mother
of Muhammad. Saʿd's mother was Hamnah bint Sufyan
ibn Umayya ibn Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf.
 He was seventeen years old when he accepted Islam. He had
many children, among whom his sons Umar and Aamir and his
daughter A'isha are the most well -known.
BATTLES
 In 614, the Muslims were on their way to the hills of Mecca to of fer
prayer with Muhammad, when a group of polytheists obser ved them.
They began to abuse and fight them. Sa`ad beat a polytheist and shed
his blood, repor tedly becoming the fir st Muslim to shed blood in the
name of Islam.
 Main ar ticle: Battle of Badr
 He fought at the battle of Badr with his young brother ʿUmayr. Being
only in his early teens, Umayr was denied access to battle, but af ter
struggling and cr ying, he was later given permission by Muhammed to
fight in battle. Sa ʿd returned to Medina alone; ʿUmayr was one of the
four teen Muslims who died in the battle.
 Main ar ticle: Battle of Uhud
 At the battle of Uhud, Sa ʿd was chosen as an archer together with
Zayd, Sa ʿīb (the son of Uthmān ibn Mazūn) and other s. Sa ʿd was among
those who fought in defense of Muhammad af ter some Muslims had
deser ted their positions. Muhammad honoured him by declaring him
one of the best archers of that time. During the battle, Muhammad
gathered some arrows for him.
FAREWELL PILGRIMAGE

 He fell ill during the Farewell Pilgrimage, and he had only a

daughter during this period. Sa'ad said:
 O Messenger of Allah. I have wealth and I only have one
daughter to inherit from me.
 Shall I give two thirds of my wealth as Sadaqah?" "No,"
replied the Prophet. "Then, (shall I give) a half?." asked Sa'ad
and the Prophet again said 'no.' "Then, (shall I give) a third?'
asked Sa'ad. "Yes," said the Prophet. "The third is much.
Indeed to leave your heirs well -off is better than that you
should leave them dependent on and to beg from people. If
you spend anything seeking to gain thereby the pleasure of
Allah, you will be rewarded for it even if it is a morsel which
you place in your wife's mouth .
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 Sa` ad Ibn Abi Waqqas, was the one who built the city of Kufa
in Iraq during the reign Umar ibn al -Khattab.
 Saʿd also fought under ʿUmar's command against
the Sassanid army at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah and Battle of
Nahāvand. He was later appointed governor
of Kufa and Nejd during the caliphate of ʿUmar.
 Some narrations state that although ʿUmar deposed him from
his post as governor, he recommended that the caliph who
succeeded him reinstall Sa ʿd, since Umar had not deposed
Saʿd due to any treachery.
 He was one of six people nominated by Umar ibn al-
Khattab for the third caliphate.
 AFTER THE DEATH OF HOLY PROPHET

 ʿUthman carried out ʿUmar's recommendation and appointed

Saʿd as governor of Kufa.
 Saʿd has been traditionally credited by Chinese Muslims with
introducing Islam to China in 650, during the reign of Emperor
Gaozong of Tang.A mosque in the Lalmonirhat District of
Bangladesh has also been found, which is said to be built by
himself in 648, and also locally called after his name as Abu
Akkas mosque.
 He outlived all ten blessed companions , and died a wealthy
man at the age of eighty, around the year 674. Sa ʿd is among
the ten promised paradise.