, with thick, splayed fingers, heavy-set, and large-headed.

He died at al-‘Aqīq, in his own residence seven miles from Madinah, and his body was carried into the city in the year 55 AH.

al-Wāqidī narrates—through Bukayr ibn Mismar (1), from ʿĀʾishah bint Saʿd—who said:
“My father was a short man, stocky, solid-built, large-headed, with thick fingers, hairy, and he used to dye with black (2).”

Ismāʿīl ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿd reported:
“Saʿd had tightly curled hair, a hairy body, a dark complexion, a flat nose, and he was tall (3).”

Yaʿqūb ibn Muḥammad al-Zuhrī related: Ishāq ibn Jaʿfar and ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿImrān informed us, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar ibn al-Miswar, from Ismāʿīl ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿd, from ʿĀmir ibn Saʿd, from his father, who said:
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned back ʿUmayr ibn Abī Waqqāṣ from Badr, judging him too young. ʿUmayr wept, so he granted him permission. I fastened the strap of his sword for him, and I was present at Badr while there was not a single hair on my face that I could wipe with my hand (4).”

A group also transmits—through Hāshim ibn Hāshim, from Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab—who said: “I heard Saʿd …”