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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

He then died while we were completely without water, whereupon Allah caused a cloud to appear; rain fell, so we washed his body, dug the grave for him with our swords, buried him, and did not cut a laḥd (side-niche) for him.

52 – Saʿd ibn Khaythama ibn al-Ḥārith al-Anṣārī al-Awsī,
son of Mālik ibn Kaʿb ibn al-Naḥḥāṭ ibn Kaʿb ibn Ḥāritha ibn Ghanm ibn Salm, known by the kunya Abū ʿAbd Allāh. He was an Anṣārī from the Aws, a participant at Badr, and one of the naqībs (delegates). He was the maternal half-brother of Abū Ḍayyāḥ (1) al-Nuʿmān ibn Thābit.

His line died out in the year 200 AH.

Ibn al-Kalbī held a different view regarding the name al-Naḥḥāṭ, calling him instead al-Ḥanāṭ ibn Kaʿb.

The Prophet ﷺ established a bond of brotherhood between him and Abū Salama ibn ʿAbd al-Asad.

They say he was one of the twelve delegates (naqībs).

When the Prophet (2) ﷺ summoned the Muslims for the expedition of Badr and they hastened to respond, Khaythama said to his son Saʿd, “Let me go in your place and stay behind with the women.”

Saʿd refused, saying, “Had it been for anything other than Paradise, I would have yielded it to you.”

So they drew lots; the lot fell to Saʿd, he went out and was martyred at Badr, while his father Khaythama was martyred on the day of Uḥud.

(*) Tabaqat Ibn Saʿd 3/2/47; Tabaqat Khalifah 83; Tarikh Khalifah 60; al-Tarikh al-Kabir 4/49; al-Jarh wa al-Taʿdil 4/82; al-Istibsar 265; al-Istiʿab 4/143; Usd al-Ghabah 2/346; al-Isabah 4/140; Shadharat al-Dhahab 1/9. (1) The word is written with the letter dad and a doubled ya. Al-Mustaghfiri, however, reads it with a single ya and gives the bearer’s name as al-Numan, while another view says ʿUmayr. He fought at Badr, Uhud, the Trench, and al-Hudaybiyyah, and was martyred at Khaybar; see Usd al-Ghabah 6/178. (2) Al-Hafiz records him in al-Isabah 4/141 through the route of Musa b. ʿUqbah from Ibn Shihab; he is likewise mentioned in al-Istiʿab 4/143 and by Ibn Saʿd 3/2/47, both without an isnad.

وَمَاتَ وَنَحْنُ عَلَى غَيْرِ مَاءٍ، فَأَبْدَى اللهُ لَنَا سَحَابَةً، فَمُطِرْنَا، فَغَسَّلْنَاهُ، وَحَفَرْنَا لَهُ بِسُيُوْفِنَا، وَدَفَنَّاهُ، وَلَمْ نُلْحِدْ لَهُ. ٥٢ - سَعْدُ بنُ خَيْثَمَةَ بنِ الحَارِثِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ الأَوْسِيُّ * ابْنِ مَالِكِ بنِ كَعْبِ بنِ النَّحَّاطِ بنِ كَعْبِ بنِ حَارِثَةَ بنِ غَنْمِ بنِ السَّلْمِ، أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، الأَوْسِيُّ، البَدْرِيُّ، النَّقِيْبُ، أَخُو أَبِي ضَيَّاحٍ (١) النُّعْمَانِ بنِ ثَابِتٍ لأُمِّهِ. انْقَرَضَ عَقِبُهُ سَنَةَ مَائتَيْنِ. وَكَانَ ابْنُ الكَلْبِيِّ يُخَالِفُ فِي النَّحَّاطِ، وَيَجْعَلُهُ الحَنَّاطَ بنَ كَعْبٍ. آخَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بنِ عَبْدِ الأَسَدِ. قَالُوا: وَكَانَ أَحَدَ النُّقَبَاءِ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ. وَلَمَّا نَدَبَ النَّبِيُّ (٢) ﷺ المُسْلِمِيْنَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ، فَأَسْرَعُوا، قَالَ خَيْثَمَةُ لابْنِهِ سَعْدٍ: آثِرْنِي بِالخُرُوْجِ، وَأَقِمْ مَعَ نِسَائِكَ. فَأَبَى، وَقَالَ: لَوْ كَانَ غَيْرَ الجَنَّةِ آثَرْتُكَ بِهِ. فَاقْتَرَعَا، فَخَرَجَ سَهْمُ سَعْدٍ، فَخَرَجَ، وَاسْتُشْهِدَ بِبَدْرٍ، وَاسْتُشْهِدَ أَبُوْهُ خَيْثَمَةُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ.

(*) طبقات ابن سعد: ٣ / ٢ / ٤٧، طبقات خليفة: ٨٣، تاريخ خليفة: ٦٠، التاريخ الكبير: ٤ / ٤٩، الجرح والتعديل: ٤ / ٨٢، الاستبصار: ٢٦٥، الاستيعاب: ٤ / ١٤٣، أسد الغابة: ٢ / ٣٤٦، الإصابة: ٤ / ١٤٠، شذرات الذهب: ١ / ٩. (١) هو بالضاد المعجمة، وتشديد الياء. وقال المستغفري: هو بتخفيفها، واسمه النعمان، وقيل: عمير. شهد بدرا، وأحدا، والخندق، والحديبية. وقتل يوم خيبر شهيدا. انظر " أسد الغابة " ٦ / ١٧٨. (٢) ذكره الحافظ في " الإصابة " ٤ / ١٤١ من طريق: موسى بن عقبة، عن ابن شهاب وهو في " الاستيعاب " ٤ / ١٤٣، وعند ابن سعد ٣ / ٢ / ٤٧ كلاهما بغير سند.