Reports on the virtue of Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him)

Al-Tabarani says: Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh al-Ansari, al-Ashhali: he has the honour of having taken part in the Battles of Badr and Uhud. His kunyah was Abu Amr. He was martyred in the Battle of the Trench (al-Khandaq). This has already passed with its chains in the chapter on the Battle of Badr.

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and meanwhile Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is your chief.
Al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Sadaqah bin Abdullah al-Samin, who is da'if (weak), though more than one scholar has declared him thiqah (trustworthy); the remaining narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih.

Al-Majishun narrates: Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said: There are three things such that I am weak in matters other than them (that is, I am not weak in these three things): whenever I heard anything from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), I knew that it was the truth; whenever I offered a prayer, I did not let my thoughts turn to anything else until I finished the prayer; and whenever I attended a funeral, my entire attention was focused on his condition after death.

In one narration the words are: "Whenever I attended a funeral, I kept thinking: What will he say? And what will be said to him?"
Al-Tabarani recorded it with two chains: one of them is transmitted from Abu Salamah as a "mursal" narration, and the other from al-Majishun as a "munqati'" (broken) narration, and its chain contains a narrator whom I do not know.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Seventy thousand angels have descended at the death of Sa'd bin Mu'adh who had never set foot on the earth before this." (Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates:) When Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) was buried, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty is free from every imperfection (Subhan Allah)! If anyone were to be saved from the squeezing of the grave, Sa'd would have been saved from it."
Al-Bazzar recorded it with two chains, and the narrators of one of them are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The Throne shook at the death of Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him)."
Ahmad, al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani recorded it, and their narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Rumaythah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); at that time I was so close to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that, had I wished, I could have kissed the "Seal of Prophethood" between his (peace and blessings be upon him) shoulders. On the day Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) died, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Throne of the Most Merciful has shaken for him."
Ahmad recorded something similar, and al-Tabarani also recorded it, in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and these words of the narration are his. The narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih except his shaykh, who is thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: We returned from Hajj (the narrator is in doubt, or perhaps the words are:) Umrah. When we reached Dhu al-Hulayfah, there were some young men of the Ansar there who met their relatives. These people met Sayyiduna Usayd bin Hudayr (may Allah be pleased with him) and told Sayyiduna Usayd (may Allah be pleased with him) about the death of his wife. Sayyiduna Usayd lowered his head and began to weep. I said to him: May Allah Almighty forgive you! You are a Companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and you have the honour of precedence and seniority; why is it that you are weeping over a woman? He removed the cloth from his face and said: You are right; by my life! It is my due that I should not weep over anyone after Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him), when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has said something about him. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I asked him: What did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say about him? He told me: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Throne shook at the death of Sa'd bin Mu'adh." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: At that time Sayyiduna Usayd bin Hudayr (may Allah be pleased with him) was walking between me and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Ahmad recorded it in this way.

Al-Tabarani recorded this narration from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her); she narrates: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from a journey, he would halt at Dhu al-Hulayfah. Children would come out to those people and tell them about their households. Sayyiduna Usayd bin Hudayr (may Allah be pleased with him) was told about the death of his wife, and he began to weep. It was said to him: Are you weeping? He replied: Why should I not weep, when I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "The legs of the Throne shook because of the death of Sa'd bin Mu'adh." All the chains of this narration are hasan (good).

Sayyidah Asma' bint Yazid bin al-Sakan (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: "When Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) died, his mother began to cry out loudly. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: Your tears should stop and your grief should depart, for your son is the first person whom Allah Almighty met with a smile, and the Throne shook for him."
Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it, but he said: Sayyidah Asma' bint Yazid bin al-Sakan (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: When the funeral of Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) was brought out, his mother began to cry out loudly. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "Your tears should stop and your grief should depart." The rest of the narration is as before, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Mu'ayqib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The Throne shook at the death of Sa'd bin Mu'adh."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Amr bin Malik al-Anbari. Ibn Hibban declared him thiqah (trustworthy) and said: He narrates gharib (unusual) reports. Abu Hatim and Abu Zur'ah declared him da'if (weak). The remaining narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The funeral of Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Throne has shaken for him."
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains Ya'qub bin Muhammad al-Zuhri, whom the majority declared da'if (weak), and despite his weakness he has been declared trustworthy. It also contains Salih bin Muhammad bin Salih al-Tammar, whom I do not know. The remaining narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: When Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) died, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) began to weep and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) began to weep as well, so much so that the weeping of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) could be distinguished from that of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and the weeping of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) from that of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). The narrator says: I asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): Was the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) weeping? Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) replied: No! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was holding his blessed beard in his fist.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy), though there is disagreement about some of its narrators.

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from the funeral of Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him), his tears were falling onto his beard.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Sahl Abu Hurayz, who is da'if (weak).

It is reported about Utarid that he gave the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as a gift a garment of brocade (dibaj) which Chosroes had given him to wear. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to his Companions, and they submitted: Has this been sent down to you from the sky? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Are you amazed at this? The handkerchiefs of Sa'd bin Mu'adh in Paradise are better than this. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O boy! Take this garment to Abu Jahm bin Hudhayfah and tell him to send me the cloak called khamisah.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih except Abd al-Rahman bin Amr bin Sa'd bin Mu'adh, who is thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Ukaydir, the (ruler) of Dumah, sent the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a cloak (jubbah) made of sundus (fine silk), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) put it on. The people were amazed at it (that is, they liked it very much). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Are you amazed at this? By the One in whose Hand is my soul, the handkerchiefs of Sa'd bin Mu'adh in Paradise are better than this. The narrator says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent that cloak to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He submitted: O Messenger of Allah! You disliked it, so shall I wear it? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Umar! I sent it to you so that you might give it to someone and obtain wealth in exchange for it. The narrator says: This was before silk was forbidden.
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: This narration is mentioned in the Sahih in abridged form, in which it is only mentioned that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent that cloak to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), with the part from there to the end.
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: There are three men of the Ansar, all three of them from Banu Abd al-Ashhal, over whom no one's superiority was counted after the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Usayd bin Hudayr (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Abbad bin Bishr (may Allah be pleased with him).
Abu Ya'la recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy), except that the narrator Ibn Ishaq is a mudallis, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyidah Umm Sa'd bint Sa'd bin al-Rabi' (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that she came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) spread out a cloth for her, and she sat on it. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked: O Khalifah of the Messenger of Allah! Who is this lady? Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: She is the daughter of a man who is better than me and you, except for the Messenger of Allah, whose case is different. He is a man who passed away in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and took up his abode in Paradise, while you and I remained behind.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Isma'il bin Qays bin Sa'd bin Zayd, who is da'if (weak).

Al-Tabarani has recorded this: He has the honour of having taken part in the Pledge of Aqabah; he is a naqib (chief representative), and he has the honour of having taken part in the Battle of Badr. This has already passed before.