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 regarding wiping over the leather socks:“There is no harm in it.”

Sulaiman bin Abi Abdullah says that once I saw Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) holding a man who was hunting in the sanctuary of Madinah. He took the man’s clothes from him. After a short while, the man’s owners came and began to demand the clothes from him. Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the city of Madinah has been declared a sanctuary by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said:“Whoever you see hunting here, take his belongings from him.”Therefore, I cannot return to you that morsel which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has fed me, but if you wish, I can give you its price.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he used to perform the ‘Isha prayer in the Prophet’s Mosque and would offer one rak‘ah of Witr and not add anything to it. Someone asked him,“O Abu Ishaq! Do you not add anything after offering one rak‘ah of Witr?”He replied,“Yes! I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘Whoever does not sleep without offering Witr is wise.’”

Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once, while passing through the Prophet’s Mosque, I passed by Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him). I greeted him with salam, and he looked at me intently but did not reply to my salam. I went to Sayyiduna Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him twice,“O Leader of the Believers! Has anything new occurred in Islam?”He replied,“No! Is everything alright?”I said,“I just passed by Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) in the mosque, I greeted him with salam, he looked at me intently but did not reply to my salam.”Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a message and called Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked,“What prevented you from replying to your brother’s salam?”Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) replied,“I did not do so.”I said,“Why not?”Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) swore an oath, and I also swore an oath. After a short while, Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) remembered and said,“Yes! That did happen. I seek forgiveness from Allah and repent to Him. You just passed by me. Actually, at that time, I was thinking about something I heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and by Allah! Whenever I remember that matter, my eyes become fixed and a veil comes over my heart (meaning I become unaware of myself).”Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) said,“I will tell you about it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once, at the beginning of a conversation, mentioned a supplication. After a short while, a Bedouin came and occupied the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) until, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up, I followed behind him. When I feared that by the time I reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he would have already reached his house, I struck my foot hard on the ground. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned towards me and said, ‘Who is it? Is it Abu Ishaq?’ I replied, ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allah!’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) told me to stop. I said, ‘You mentioned a supplication at the beginning before us, then that Bedouin came and occupied you.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Yes! That is the supplication of Sayyiduna Yunus (peace be upon him) which he made in the belly of the fish, that is «لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنْ الظَّالِمِينَ» whenever any Muslim supplicates to his Lord with these words in any matter, his supplication will surely be accepted.’”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) once set out with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When they reached Thaniyyat al-Wada’, he began to weep and said,“Are you leaving me behind with the women and children?”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Are you not pleased that your relation to me is like that of Harun (peace be upon him) to Musa (peace be upon him), except that there is no Prophethood after me?”

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:“I hope that my Ummah will not be so helpless before their Lord that Allah Almighty will delay their reckoning for half a day.”Someone asked Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him): What is meant by half a day? He replied: Five hundred years.

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:“I hope that my Ummah will not be so helpless before their Lord that Allah Almighty will delay their reckoning for half a day.”Someone asked Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him): What is meant by half a day? He replied: Five hundred years.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) that the meaning of this verse was asked from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): «﴿هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ﴾ [الأنعام: 65] » "Allah is able to send punishment upon you from above you or from beneath your feet." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The time for the interpretation of this has not yet come."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If something less than a fingernail of Paradise were to appear in this world, all four directions of the earth and sky would be adorned. And if a man from Paradise were to look into this world and his bracelet became visible, its light would outshine the light of the sun just as the sun's light outshines the light of the stars."

Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that on the day of the Battle of Uhud, I saw two men on the right and left of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who were wearing white clothes, and they were fighting very fiercely. I had never seen them before nor after that.