‘Amir bin Sa’d narrates from his father, Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him): At the time of the conquest of Makkah, I became ill in Makkah, so ill that I reached the brink of death. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to visit me. I said: O Messenger of Allah! I have a lot of wealth and my only heir is my one daughter, so may I give away two-thirds of my wealth in charity? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“No.”I said: Half? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“No.”I said: One-third? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Give one-third! And one-third is still much. If you leave your heirs wealthy, that is better than leaving them poor, begging from people. Whatever you spend, you will be rewarded for it, even the morsel you put in your wife’s mouth.”I said: O Messenger of Allah! Will I be left behind in my migration? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“You will not be left behind from me. Whatever deed you do, seeking Allah’s pleasure, it will increase your rank and status. Perhaps you will live after me so that many people will benefit from you and many others will be harmed by you.”(Then the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed):“O Allah, keep the migration of my companions intact and do not turn them back on their heels, but Sa’d bin Khawlah—alas for him.”(Sayyiduna Sa’d, may Allah be pleased with him, says) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) expressed sorrow for him because he died in Makkah. Sufyan, the narrator, says: Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Khawlah (may Allah be pleased with him) belonged to the“Banu ‘Amir bin Lu’ayy.”

‘Amir bin Sa’d narrates from his respected father Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“The greatest sinner among the Muslims is the one who asks about something which was not forbidden, and then because of his questioning, it is declared forbidden for the people.”

Aamir bin Sa’d narrates from his father (Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas, may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed something, so I said,“O Messenger of Allah! Give something to such-and-such person as well, he is a believer.”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked,“(Is he) a believer or a Muslim?”I said,“O Messenger of Allah! Give something to such-and-such person as well, for he is a believer.”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked,“(Is he) a believer or a Muslim?”Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Sometimes I give something to a person even though another is more beloved to me than him, but I give it out of fear that Allah, the Exalted, may throw him face down into the Hellfire.”

The above narration is also transmitted with another chain, however, in it these additional words are present: Zuhri says: (From this narration we) have come to know that Islam refers to verbal declaration and Iman refers to action.

Aamir bin Sa’d narrates from his father (Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Whoever eats seven ‘Ajwah dates in the morning, neither poison nor magic will harm him that day.”

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib narrates: A narration reached me regarding Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him), so I met Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) and he related this hadith to me: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him): "Are you not pleased that your relation to me is like that of Harun (peace be upon him) to Musa (peace be upon him)?"

Jabir bin Samurah Suwai narrates: I heard Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) say to Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him): By Allah! The people of Kufa have complained about you in every matter, to the extent that they have even said you do not lead them in prayer properly. So Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah! In leading the Dhuhr and Asr prayers, I do not fall short in following the way of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). I make the first two rak’ahs long and the last two rak’ahs somewhat shorter. The narrator says: Then I heard Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) say:“That is what I thought of you. That is what I thought of you.”

The same narration is also transmitted from Jabir bin Samurah with another chain, however, in it are these words: Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Abu Ishaq! This is what I thought about you. The narrator named Sufyan also transmitted these words in it: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) instructed him to present himself before the people, so whenever Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by any tribe, the people praised him, until when he passed by the gathering of“Banu Abs,”a wretched man came before him. The kunya of this man was Abu Sa’dah. He said: I know that this man does not act justly regarding his subjects, does not go out for any military expedition, and does not distribute (the spoils of war) properly. So Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Allah! If he is lying, then lengthen his life, increase his children, afflict him with poverty, and subject him to trials. The narrator named Abdul Malik bin Umair says: I saw him as an old man of great age who used to harass young girls on the road. When he was spoken to about this, he used to say: An old man who is poor and afflicted by trials, he has been struck by the supplication of a righteous man, Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him). There is no trial that he has not been afflicted with.

Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), mentioning Dhu’t-Tad, said: He is the devil of Ruhha, who will be a shepherd of horses (the narrator is unsure, perhaps these are the words), he will be grazing animals on the mountains. A man from the Bajilah tribe will pull him up and bring him down; his name will be Ashhab. (The narrator is unsure, perhaps these are the words) He will be Ibn Ashhab; he will be a sign among a dark people. Sufyan says: ‘Ammar Ruhani told me this, he brought with him a man from his tribe whose name was Ashhab. (The narrator is unsure, perhaps these are the words) He was Ibn Ashhab.

Ibn Ayyash, the narrator, says: During the governorship of Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him), two men conducted a transaction of barley and barley without husk. Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) explained: In the blessed time of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), two men conducted a transaction of fresh and dry dates. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) inquired: "When the fresh dates become dry, do they decrease (in weight or quantity)?" The people replied: Yes. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is not permissible."