It is narrated from Aishah bint Sa'd that she said: My father died in 55 AH, and Marwan bin al-Hakam led his funeral prayer, as he was the governor of Madinah at that time.

It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyab that Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) used to dye (his hair) black.

It is narrated from Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri that when death approached Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him), he called for an old woollen cloak and said: "Shroud me in it, for I faced the idolaters wearing it on the day of Badr, and I kept it hidden away for this very day (for my shroud)."

Amir bin Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas narrates from his father that Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) was the last of the Muhajirun to die.

It is narrated from Ibrahim bin Sa'd that Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) was the last of the Muhajirun to die.

It is narrated from Ibrahim bin Sa'd that Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) died during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), after his first Hajj, and at that time he was eighty-three years old. Imam al-Hakim says: Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted Islam at the age of nineteen.

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that the mother of Sayyiduna Sa'd and of his two brothers Umayr and Amir (may Allah be pleased with them) was Hamnah bint Sufyan bin Umayyah. Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred at the Battle of Badr, while Sayyiduna Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) was among the Muhajirun who emigrated to Abyssinia. And Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) used to use black dye.

It is narrated from Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri that Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) was the last of the Muhajirun to die. Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal says: Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) died ten miles from Madinah, and then the people carried him on their shoulders to Madinah. At that time Marwan was the governor of Madinah.