(1) Recorded by Ibn Asakir in his History. Muslim (1610/139) transmits it through Abu al-Rabi al-Ataki – Hammad b. Zayd – Hisham b. Urwa – his father: Arwa bt. Uways claimed that Sa id b. Zayd had taken part of her land and litigated against him before Marwan b. al-Hakam. Sa id replied, “Could I seize any of her land after hearing the Messenger of Allah say: ‘Whoever wrongfully takes a hand-span of land will wear it as a collar down to seven earths on the Day of Resurrection’?” Marwan said, “I need no further proof.” Sa id then prayed, “O Allah, if she is lying, blind her and cause her to die on her land.” She lost her sight and later fell into a pit on that same land and died. Abd al-Razzaq (19755) relates it via Ma mar from Hisham, adding that a flood later exposed the boundary markers exactly as Sa id had said. Tabarani (342) reports the same sense. The part raised to the Prophet is also found in Musnad Ahmad 1/188–190; Bukhari 3198 (Book of the Beginning of Creation, “Seven Earths”) and 2452; and Muslim 1610. (2) It is omitted because it is unrelated to the biography of Sa d. (3) The original manuscript reads ka-ashad (“the most severe”); the printed edition erroneously has kullama shadd (“whenever he intensified”). (4) Reported by Ahmad 1/171, 177; by Bukhari 7/276 in “Maghazi,” chapter on the verse “When two parties among you were about to lose heart,” and in “Dress,” chapter on white garments; and by Muslim 2306 in “Virtues,” chapter on the fighting of Jibril and Mikail with the Prophet at Uhud.