Narrated Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas: No man embraced Islam before the day on which I embraced Islam, and no doubt, I remained for seven days as one third of the then extant Muslims.
Hadith Referenceصحيح البخاري / كتاب فضائل الصحابة / 3727
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
Narrated Qais: I heard Sa`d saying, "I was the first amongst the 'Arabs who shot an arrow for Allah's Cause. We used to fight along with the Prophets, while we had nothing to eat except the leaves of trees so that one's excrete would look like the excrete balls of camel or a sheep, containing nothing to mix them together. Today Banu Asad tribe blame me for not having understood Islam. I would be a loser if my deeds were in vain." Those people complained about Sa`d to `Umar, claiming that he did not offer his prayers perfectly.
Hadith Referenceصحيح البخاري / كتاب فضائل الصحابة / 3728
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة