It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) arrived in Madinah Munawwarah, people from the tribe of Juhainah came to him and said,“You have come and settled among us, so please write us a document so that when we come to you, we may have assurance with you.”The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had a document written for them. Later, those people became Muslims. Some time later, in the month of Rajab, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sent us out; our number was not even a hundred, and he ordered us to attack a tribe of Banu Kinanah that was settled beside the tribe of Juhainah. We launched a night raid on them, but their numbers were very large, so we took refuge among the tribe of Juhainah, but they refused to give us shelter and said,“Why are you fighting in the sacred months?”We replied,“We are fighting those who expelled us from the sacred land to the sacred city, thus violating its sanctity.”Then we began to consult among ourselves about what should be done. Some people said,“Let us go to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and inform him of the whole situation.”Others said,“No, we will stay here.”My opinion, along with a few others, was that we should go towards the caravan of Quraysh and attack them. So the people set out towards the caravan. At that time, the rule regarding spoils of war was that whatever came into someone’s hands belonged to him. Some of us went and informed the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) about this as well. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) stood up in anger, and the color of his blessed face turned red, and he said,“You all left from me together, and now you are returning separately. It was this very division that destroyed those before you. I will appoint over you a man as your leader who, although he is not better than you, is stronger than you in enduring hunger and thirst.”Thus, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) appointed Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Jahsh Asadi (may Allah be pleased with him) as the leader, who was the first leader in Islam.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Nafi’ bin Utbah bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“You will fight the people of the Arabian Peninsula and Allah will grant you victory over them, then you will fight the people of Persia and Allah will grant you victory over them as well, then you will fight the Romans and Allah will grant you victory over them too, and then you will fight the Dajjal and Allah will grant you victory over him as well.”Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says that this means the Dajjal will not emerge before the conquest of Rome.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Nafi’ bin Utbah bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“You will fight the people of the Arabian Peninsula and Allah will grant you victory over them. Then you will fight the people of Persia and Allah will grant you victory over them as well. Then you will fight the Romans and Allah will grant you victory over them too. And then you will fight the Dajjal and Allah will grant you victory over him as well.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that during the blessed era of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the owners of fields used to lease out their fields, and it was agreed that the produce that grew over the water channels or that which was reached by water naturally would belong to them. This matter reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and there was also some dispute among people regarding it. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade leasing land in this manner, and said:“Lease out land for gold and silver.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: "If any one of you spits in the mosque, he should conceal it so that it does not touch the body or clothes of any Muslim and cause him harm."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) that once someone asked him: Is it permissible to sell fresh dates in exchange for dry dates? He considered it undesirable and said that once a person had asked the same question to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying:“Is it not the case that fresh dates become less after they dry?”The people replied: It is so. Upon this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Then no.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The greatest sin among the Muslims is of the person who asked about something which was not forbidden, but as a result of his question, the ruling of its prohibition was revealed."

(Marfu‘ hadith) Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from ‘Amir ibn Sa‘d, from his father, who said: I fell seriously ill in Mecca in the year of the Conquest, to the point of approaching death. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came to visit me. I said: O Messenger of Allah, I have much wealth, and none inherits from me except my daughter. Should I give two-thirds of my wealth in charity? Sufyan once said: Should I give all my wealth in charity? He said: "No." He said: Then should I give two-thirds of my wealth? He said: "No." I said: Then half? He said: "No." He said: I said: A third? He said: "A third, and a third is much. Indeed, if you leave your heirs wealthy, it is better than leaving them poor, begging from people. You will not spend anything in charity except that you will be rewarded for it, even the morsel you lift to your wife's mouth." I said: O Messenger of Allah, will I be left behind after my migration? He said: "You will not be left behind after me and do any deed seeking the Face of Allah except that you will increase thereby in rank and degree. And perhaps you will be left behind so that some people will benefit from you and others will be harmed by you. O Allah, complete the migration for my companions and do not turn them back on their heels, but the unfortunate one is Sa‘d ibn Khawlah," grieving for him that he died in Mecca.

Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him):“You have the same relation to me—with the exception of prophethood—as Harun (peace be upon him) had to Musa (peace be upon him).”

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah رضي الله عنه reports that once the people of Kufa complained to Sayyiduna Umar Farooq رضي الله عنه about Sayyiduna Sa’d رضي الله عنه, saying that he does not lead the prayer properly. Sayyiduna Umar رضي الله عنه asked him, and he replied,“I make the first two rak’ahs relatively long and the last two rak’ahs shorter, and in following the prayers I performed behind the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, I do not fall short in any way.”Sayyiduna Umar رضي الله عنه said,“That is exactly what I expected from you.”