Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) said during the time of trial faced by Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him): I bear witness that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“A time of tribulations will soon come, in which the one who sits will be better than the one who stands, the one who stands will be better than the one who walks, and the one who walks will be better than the one who runs.”The narrator asked: If someone enters my house and extends his hand to kill me, what should I do? He replied:“Be like the son of Adam (Habil).”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said regarding Sayyiduna Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him: "This is Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib, who is the most generous with his hand and the greatest at maintaining ties among the Quraysh."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that a Bedouin came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "Teach me a supplication that I may recite." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You should say: «لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ كَثِيرًا، سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ» 'There is no deity except Allah, He is alone, He has no partner, Allah is the Greatest, all praise is for Allah alone, Allah is free from all defects and shortcomings, He is the Lord of all the worlds, the ability to avoid sin and to do good deeds comes only from Allah, the Most Mighty, the Most Wise.'" The Bedouin said, "All these words are related to my Lord, what is there for me?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You should say: «اَللّٰهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَاهْدِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي» 'O Allah! Forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, provide for me.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) addressed the noble Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) and said:“Is any one of you incapable of earning a thousand good deeds in a day?”The noble Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: O Messenger of Allah! Who among us has the strength for that? The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“Let him say «سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ» one hundred times; a thousand good deeds will be written for him in his record of deeds and a thousand sins will be erased from him.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed the noble companions (may Allah be pleased with them) and said:“Is any one of you incapable of earning a thousand good deeds in a day?”The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: O Messenger of Allah! Who has the strength to do that? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Let him say «سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ» one hundred times; a thousand good deeds will be written for him in his record of deeds and a thousand sins will be erased from him.”

Mus'ab bin Sa'd says that four blessed verses of the Qur'an were revealed about my father. My father says that in one battle I obtained a sword. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Grant this to me. He said: "Put it down." I said: O Messenger of Allah! Please grant this to me, will I be considered like the person who has no need? The Prophet (peace be upon him) again said: "Put it back where you found it." Upon this, the opening verse of Surah Al-Anfal was revealed. Then, before the prohibition of alcohol was revealed, an Ansari arranged a feast. The guests ate and drank well and became intoxicated with wine, and began to boast to each other. The Ansar said that the Ansar are better, and the Muhajirun began to consider themselves better. During this, a man picked up the jawbone of a camel and injured another man's nose. The person whose nose was injured was Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him). Upon this, the verse of Surah Al-Ma'idah prohibiting wine was revealed. Then, when I accepted Islam, my mother said to me: Has Allah not commanded you to maintain ties of kinship and to treat parents well? By Allah! I will neither eat nor drink until you renounce Muhammad (peace be upon him). So it happened; she stopped eating and drinking until people forcibly put a stick in her mouth to open it and poured something to drink into it. Upon this, this verse was revealed: «﴿وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حُسْنًا وَإِنْ جَاهَدَاكَ لِتُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا﴾ [العنكبوت: 8] » "We have enjoined upon man kindness to his parents. But if they strive to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them." Then, once the Prophet (peace be upon him) came to visit me during my illness. I asked: O Messenger of Allah! Should I bequeath all my wealth? The Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade me from this. He also forbade me when I asked about half, but when I asked about a third, the Prophet (peace be upon him) remained silent, and after that, people began to act upon this.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you hear that a plague has broken out in a land, do not go there, and if you are in a land where a plague has broken out, do not flee from it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me at the time of the Battle of Uhud: "Shoot arrows, may my parents be sacrificed for you."

Yahya bin Ubaid says that Muhammad bin Sa’d once came out of the toilet before us and began to perform ablution. During ablution, he wiped over his leather socks. We were surprised at this and asked: What is this? He said that my father narrated to me that he saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) doing the same.

Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I am the very first man among the Arabs who shot an arrow in the path of Allah. We witnessed a time when we used to fight in jihad alongside the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and at that time we had nothing to eat except the branches of grapevines and acacia trees. Each one of us would defecate like a goat, with nothing else mixed in it. And today, the people of Banu Asad reproach me for my Islam—then indeed I have suffered a great loss and all my efforts have been wasted.