Virtues of Sa'd bin al-Rabi al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him)

It is narrated from Urwah, in the listing of the names of those Companions of the Ansar who took part in the Battle of Badr, that from Banu Bayadah bin Amir bin Zurayq, Ziyad bin Labid bin Tha'labah bin Sinan bin Amir bin Adi bin Umayyah bin Bayadah was also included.

It is narrated from Ibn Shihab, in the listing of the names of those Companions of the Ansar who took part in the Pledge of Aqabah, that from Banu Bayadah, Ziyad bin Labid was also included, and he also took part in the Battle of Badr.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ziyad bin Labid al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was talking with his Companions and was saying: "The time (of the departure) of knowledge has come." I said: May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! How will knowledge depart when we recite the Qur'an, teach it to our sons, and our sons will go on teaching it to their sons until the Day of Resurrection?! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Ibn Labid! May your mother lose you! I used to think you were the most understanding of the people of Madinah. Do the Jews and Christians not read the Tawrah and the Injil, yet they derive not the slightest benefit from them?"
This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.
(After this) is the mention of Sayyiduna Sa'd bin al-Rabi' al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Urwah, in the listing of the names of those Muslims of the Ansar who gave the pledge to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at the Pledge of Aqabah, that from Banu al-Harith bin al-Khazraj, Sa'd bin al-Rabi' bin Amr bin Abi Zuhayr bin Malik bin Imru' al-Qays bin Tha'labah bin Ka'b bin al-Khazraj bin al-Harith was included. He was a naqib (leader appointed over his people), and he also took part in the Battle of Badr.

It is narrated from Ibn Shihab, in the listing of the names of those martyrs of the Ansar who were martyred in the Battle of Uhud, that from Banu al-Harith bin al-Khazraj, Sayyiduna Sa'd bin al-Rabi' (may Allah be pleased with him) was also included.

It is narrated from Umm Sa'd bint Sa'd bin al-Rabi' that she came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), and he spread out his cloak for her until she sat on it. Then Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came to him and asked: O Khalifah of the Messenger! Who is this? He said: "This is the daughter of a man who was better than me and you." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "Apart from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who is it that is better than me and you?" Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "A man who died (as a martyr) in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and took up his place in Paradise, while you and I remained behind (to be tested)."
This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.
(After this) is the mention of Sayyiduna Sa'd al-Qaraz, the mu'adhdhin (may Allah be pleased with him).