It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: On the day of the conquest of Makkah, Abdullah bin Sa'd bin Abi Sarh hid with Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him). Then Sayyiduna Uthman brought him and made him stand before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and said: "O Messenger of Allah! Accept the pledge of allegiance of Abdullah." He (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head and looked at him three times, then turned to his Companions and said: "Was there not a sensible man among you who would have stood up when he saw that I had withheld my hand from accepting his pledge, and killed him?" The Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah! We did not know what was in your heart. Why did you not signal to us with your eye?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not befitting for a prophet that his eyes should be treacherous, that is, give secret signals." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: Abdullah bin Abi Sarh used to write (the revelation) for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then Satan made him slip, and he joined the disbelievers. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that he be killed. Then Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) sought protection for him, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) granted him protection. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Shurahbil bin Sa'd that he said: This verse was revealed concerning Abdullah bin Abi Sarh: "And who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah, or says, 'It has been revealed to me,' while nothing has been revealed to him, and one who says, 'I will reveal the like of what Allah has revealed'?" [Surah al-An'am: 93] . Then, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered Makkah, he fled to Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), who was his foster brother. He kept him hidden with him until the people of Makkah had settled down, then he brought him to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he sought a guarantee of safety. Imam al-Hakim says: It is authentically established in the two books (Bukhari and Muslim) that before entering Makkah the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that Abdullah bin Sa'd and Abdullah bin Khatal be killed. So whoever looks at the martyrdom of the Commander of the Believers Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) and at the wrongs that Abdullah bin Sa'd committed against him in Egypt, until what happened to him happened, will know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) knew him (and his evil) best.