It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Who am I? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are Sa'd bin Malik bin Uhayb bin Abd Manaf bin Zuhrah. Whoever says otherwise, upon him be the curse of Allah."

It is narrated from Khalifah bin Khayyat that Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) was appointed governor of Kufah by Sayyiduna Umar and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them both). His mother was Hamnah bint Abi Sufyan bin Umayyah bin Abd Shams bin Abd Manaf.

It is narrated from Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him): "O Abu Ishaq!"

It is narrated from Ya'qub bin Ibrahim bin Sa'd that Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas, Umayr, Amir and Utbah are brothers, and the name of their father Abu Waqqas is Malik bin Uhayb bin Abd Manaf bin al-Harith bin Zuhrah.

It is narrated from Ibrahim bin Sa'd that Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) died in the time of Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), after his first Hajj, and he was eighty-three years old.

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numayr that Abu Ishaq Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) died in Madinah at the age of seventy-five, and Marwan bin al-Hakam led his funeral prayer, as he was its governor at that time.