HAZRAT SA’AD

IBN WAQQAS

(radi Allahu anhu)

 

Name: His name was Maalik bin Wuhaib.

 

Titles: His was known as Abu Ishaaq.

 

About Him: He is also related in family to the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam). Once he presented himself in the Court of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) and the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said, “This is my maternal Uncle. Has anyone seen such an uncle?”  He is either the fifth or seventh person to accept Islam. He was wither fourteen or seventeen years of age when he accepted Islam. He is from amongst the Ashara Mubasharah (Those twelve personalities to whom the Prophet sallal laahu alaihi wasallam gave glad tidings of Jannat whilst they were on earth). He is also from amongt the first persons to make Hijrat (migrate). He migrated before the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam). He was present in all the Battles. He was one of the fourteen companions of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) who stood as a shield in front of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) in the Battle of Uhud. He was a brilliant archer. During the Battle of Uhud, the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) passed arrows to him and said, “O Sa’ad! Continue firing arrows. May my parents be sacrificed for you.”  This statement of love which the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) mentioned to him was a unique statement that Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) only mentioned to him, Hazrat Talha and Hazrat Zubair ridwaanullahi ta aala alaihim ajmaeen. He is the first person to fire an arrow for Islam and he was the first person to kill an enemy of Islam.

 

Wisaal: He passed away either in the year 55 or 57 Hijri at the age of more than seventy.