Musnad Abu Ishaq Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas

Saeed bin al-Musayyab narrated that he heard Sa"d bin Abi Waqqas say:

’Uthman bin Maz"oon wanted to be celibate, but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told him not to. If he had allowed him to do that, we would have gotten ourselves castrated.

It was narrated that Sa"d bin Abi Waqqas said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about selling fresh dates for dried dates. He said: “Doesn"t the fresh date shrink when it becomes dry?” They said: “Yes it does.” And he disapproved of that.

It was narrated from ‘Amir bin Sa"d bin Abi Waqqas that his father said:

We came with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and passed by the mosque of Banu Mu"awiyah. He went in and prayed two rak"ahs, and we prayed with him, then he conversed with his Lord, may He be glorified and exalted, for a long time. He said: “I asked my Lord for three things: I asked Him not to let my ummah be destroyed by drowning, and He granted me that; I asked Him not to let my ummah be destroyed by famine, and He granted me that: and I asked Him not to let their enmity be amongst themselves, but He withheld that from me.”

It was narrated that ‘Umar bin Sa"d (رضي الله عنه) said:

I needed something from Abu Sa"d, and Abu Hayyan told us that Mujammi" said: “"Umar bin Sa"d needed something from me.” So he said something before stating his need to me, that was similar to what people say before stating their needs, but it was something with which he was not familiar. When he finished, he said: “O my son, have you finished speaking?” He said: “Yes.” He said: “You have never been less likely to get what you need and I have never been less interested in you since I heard these words of yours. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “There will be people who will earn a living by means of their tongues as cattle eat from the ground.”

It was narrated that Jabir said:

The people of Koofah complained to "Umar (رضي الله عنه) about Sa"d (رضي الله عنه) and said: “He does not pray properly.” ‘Umar (رضي الله عنه) asked him and he said: “I lead them in prayer as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed; I make it long in the first two (rak"ahs) and I make it brief in the last two.” He said: “That is what I thought you would do, O Abu Ishaq.”

Sa"d bin Abi Waqqas narrated:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Killing a believer is kufr (disbelief) and reviling him is evildoing. It is not permissible for a Muslim to shun his brother for more than three days."

It was narrated from ‘Amir bin Sa"d bin Abi Waqqas that his father said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “One of those who commit the greatest offence against the Muslims is a man who asks about something and persists in asking about it until a prohibition is revealed concerning it because of his asking.”

It was narrated from "Umar bin Sa"d or someone else that

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever humiliates Quraish, Allah (may He be glorified and exalted) will humiliate him."

It was narrated from ‘Amir bin Sa"d bin Abi Waqqas that his father said:

The Prophet (ﷺ) gave to some men and he did not give anything to one man among them. Sa’d said: “O Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah, you gave to so and so, and so and so, but you did not give so and so anything, and he is a believer.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “or a Muslim," until Sa"d repeated it three times, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “or a Muslim.” Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “I give to some men and leave someone who is dearer to me than them, so I do not give him anything, for fear that they may be thrown on their faces in Hell."

It was narrated from ‘Amir bin Sa"d bin Abi Waqqas that his father said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) enjoined the killing of geckos and he called them vermin."

It was narrated from "Amir bin Sa"d bin Abi Waqqas that his father said:

I was with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) during the Farewell Pilgrimage, and I fell sick and almost died. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited me and I said:O Messenger of Allah, I have a great deal of wealth, and no one will inherit from me except a daughter of mine, Can I bequeath two thirds of my wealth (to charity)? He said: “No." I said: One half? He said: “No." I said: One third of my wealth? He said: "One third, and a third is a lot. O Sa"d, if you leave your heirs independent of means, that is better for you than if you leave them poor and asking from people. O Sa"d, you will never spend anything, seeking thereby the Countenance of Allah, may He be exalted, but you will be rewarded for it, even the morsel that you put in your wife"s mouth." I said: O Messenger of Allah, will I be left behind by my companions? He said: “You will never be left behind by them and do a good deed, seeking thereby the Countenance of Allah, but it will increase you in status. Perhaps you will stay behind so that Allah may benefit some people through you and harm others. O Allah, complete the migration (hijrah) of my Companions and do not cause them to turn back on their heels. But Sa"d bir Khawlah is the tone who is truly unfortunate." The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) felt sorry for him, and he died in Makkah.

It was narrated that Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) refused to let ‘Uthman be celibate. If he had allowed him, we would have gotten castrated.

It was narrated from Dawood bin ‘Amir bin Sa"d bin Malik, from his father, that his grandfather said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"There was no Prophet (ﷺ) who did not describe the Dajjal to his ummah, but I will describe him in a way that no one before me described him: He is one-eyed and Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, is not one eyed.”

It was narrated from Yahya bin Sa"d, from Sa"d, that mention of the plague was made in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said:

"It is a punishment that befell those who came before you. If it is present in a land, do not enter it, and if you are in a land where it is, do not leave."

It was narrated that "Abdullah bin ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Ma"mar said: “Amir bin Sa"d told "Umar bin ‘Abdul-"Azeez, when he was governor of Madinah, that Sa"d said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“Whoever eats seven "ajwah, dates from between the two lava fields of Madinah in the morning nothing will harm him that day until evening comes.” Fulaih said: I think he said: "And if he eats them in the evening, nothing will harm him until morning comes." ‘Umar said: O Amir! Watch what you are narrating from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), ‘Amir said: By Allah, I did not tell a lie about Sa"d, and Sa"d did not tell a lie about the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).

It was narrated from "Umar bin Sa"d, from his father, that he said: His son ‘Amir came to him and he said:

O my son, do you want me to be a leading figure in the turmoil? No, by Allah, not unless I am given a sword which, if I wanted to strike a believer with it, it would refuse to strike him, but if I wanted to strike a disbeliever with it, it would kill him. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, loves the one who is independent of means,reclusive and pious."

It was narrated that Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas said:

On the day of Uhud, I saw on the right of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and on his left, two men in white garments. I have never seen them before or since.

It was narrated from ʻUmar bin Sa"d, from his father Sa"d, from the Prophet (ﷺ), that he said:

“I am amazed at the situation of the Muslim: if something good befalls him, he praises his Lord and gives thanks, and if calamity strikes him, he praises his Lord and bears it with patience. The believer will be rewarded for everything, even the morsel he lifts to his mouth."

Ibn al-Musayyab told us; A son of Sa"d bin Abi Waqqas narrated (a hadeeth) from his father, so I entered upon Sa"d and said: I was told something from you, about when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) left ‘Ali in charge of Madinah. He got angry and said: who told you that? I did not want to tell him that his son had told it to me, lest he get angry with him. Then he said:

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) set out on the campaign of Tabook, he appointed "Ali in charge of Madinah and "Ali said: O Messenger of Allah. I do not like you to go anywhere but I am with you. He said: "Does it not please you to be to me as Haroon was to Moosa? Except that there will be no Prophet (ﷺ) after me.”

It was narrated that ‘Amir bin Sa"d said: I heard my father say:

I never heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say of any walking, living person that “he will be in Paradise" except "Abdullah bin Salam.

It was narrated that ‘Amir bin Sa"d bin Abi Waqqas said: I heard Sa"d and some of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:

There were two men, who were brothers, at the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), one of whom was better than the other. The one who was the better of the two died; the other outlived him for forty days, then he died too. The superiority of the one who died first over the other was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he said: “Did he (the other one) not pray?" They said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah; there was nothing wrong with him. He said: "You do not know where his prayer took him." Then he said: “The likeness of the prayer is that of a river flowing by the door of a man, deep and fresh, and he immerses himself in it five times every day, Do you think any dirt would be left on him?”

It was narrated from Muhammad bin Sa"d bin Abi Waqqas, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“For the belly of one of you to be filled with pus and blood is better for him than filling [his mind] with poetry.”

Habeeb bin Abi Thabit said: I came to Madinah and we heard that the plague had broken out in Koofah. I said: Who narrated this Hadeeth? It was said: "Amir bin Sa"d, And it was said: He was not there. Then i met Ibraheem bin Sa"d and he told me that he heard Usamah bin Zaid tell Sa"d that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"If the plague breaks out in a land, do not enter it, and if it breaks out in a land where you are, do not leave it." I said: Did you hear it from Usamah? He said: Yes.

It was narrated from Muhammad bin Sa"d bin Malik, from his father, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

“Fighting a Muslim is kufr (disbelief) and reviling him is fisq (evildoing)."

It was narrated from Mus’ab bin Sa"d that Sa"d bin Malik said:

O Messenger of Allah, I feel joy because Allah enabled me to wreak vengeance on the mushrikeen; grant me this sword. He said: “This sword is not for you and it is not for me; leave it alone." So I put it down, then I came back and said: Perhaps this sword will be given today to someone who did not do as well as me. Then I heard a man calling me from behind and I said: Has something been revealed concerning me? He said: You asked me about the sword, and it was not mine. But now it has been granted to me, and it is yours.” And he said:This verse was revealed (interpretation of the meaning): They ask you (O Muhammad (ﷺ)) about the spoils of war, say: The spoils are for Allah and the Messenger" [al-Anfal 8:1].