Age and death of Sa'id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him)

Yahya bin Bukayr said: Sa'id bin Zayd bin Amr bin Nufayl (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in the year 51 AH, when he was in his seventies, and he was buried in Madinah. He passed away at al-Aqiq, and Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas and Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) went down into his grave. His kunyah was Abu al-A'war.

It is narrated from Zayd bin Abd al-Rahman bin Sa'id bin Zayd that Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) washed Sa'id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) with water of sidr (lote-tree leaves).

Hisham bin Urwah narrates from his father that Arwa bint Uways sought redress from Marwan against Sa'id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: He stole my land and added it to his own land. Sa'id said: How could I steal anything of her land, when I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever steals even a hand-span of land, it will be put around his neck as a collar down to the seven earths." Marwan said: After this I will not ask you anything about it. Then Sa'id said: O Allah! If this woman is lying, take away her sight and cause her to die in her own land. So her sight left her, and she fell into a pit in her land and died.

Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numayr said: Sa'id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in the year 51 AH in Madinah.

Aishah bint Sa'd said: Sa'd washed Sa'id bin Zayd at al-Aqiq, then they carried him and brought him. Sa'd came walking, and when he reached his house he went in and took a bath, then came out and said: "I did not take a bath because of washing Sa'id; I only bathed because of the heat."

Muharib bin Dithar narrates from Sa'id bin Zayd bin Amr bin Nufayl (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) sent word to Marwan bin al-Hakam in Madinah that the pledge of allegiance be taken for his (Mu'awiyah's) son Yazid. A man from the people of Syria said: What is holding you back? He said: Until Sa'id bin Zayd comes and gives the pledge, for he is the most honoured man of the city; when he gives the pledge, the people will give the pledge too.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "After me there will be trials, in which this will happen and that will happen." We said: If we live to see that time, will we be destroyed? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For my Companions, being killed is sufficient."

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the trials, so we said: O Messenger of Allah! Will everyone who is caught up in them be destroyed? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Being killed is sufficient for you."

Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned a trial that would be like pieces of a dark night, and he said: "The people will perish in it very swiftly." It was asked: Will they all be destroyed? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Being killed is sufficient for them."