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سعد بن أبي وقاص

Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (RA)

Also known as: Saad

c. 28 BH – 55 AH · c. 595–674 CE

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One of the Ten Promised Paradise, victor of al-Qadisiyyah and founder of Kufa.

Sa'd accepted Islam at about seventeen, among the very first believers, and he was a maternal relative of the Prophet ﷺ. He was the first to shoot an arrow in the cause of Allah. At Uhud the Prophet ﷺ handed him arrows, saying: 'Shoot, may my father and mother be ransomed for you.'

Under 'Umar he commanded the army that defeated the Sasanian Persians at al-Qadisiyyah, and he founded the city of Kufa. During the strife after 'Uthman he kept away from the fighting and retired to his estate near Madinah. He is one of the Ten Promised Paradise.

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Life journey

  1. c. 595 CE Makkah مكة
  2. 622 CE Madinah المدينة
  3. 636 CE Kufa الكوفة
    Commanded at al-Qadisiyyah and founded the garrison city of Kufa.
  4. 646 CE Madinah المدينة
    Died 674 CE · 55 AH
    Died at his estate in al-'Aqiq and was buried in al-Baqi'; he was the last of the Muhajirun to die.

Places in their life

The Ka'bah in al-Masjid al-Haram, Makkah
The Ka'bah in al-Masjid al-Haram, Makkah
Photo: Adli Wahid (minor modifications by Basile Morin), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the Prophet's Mosque, Madinah
al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the Prophet's Mosque, Madinah
Photo: TheHadiRahim, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Great Mosque of Kufa
The Great Mosque of Kufa
Photo: ن.عامری, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

  • Sahih al-Bukhari (Book of the Virtues of the Companions)
  • al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk (al-Qadisiyyah)
  • Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani, al-Isaba fi Tamyiz al-Sahaba
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.
Birth year approximate; death reported as 55 AH (most common) or 58 AH. Return to Madinah year approximate.