granted you the distinguished precedence He has bestowed?’

He replied, ‘I have every right never to weep for anyone after Saʿd ibn Muʿādh, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say what he said.’

I asked, ‘And what did you hear?’

He answered, ‘He said, “The Throne shook at the death of Saʿd ibn Muʿādh.” (1)

Ismāʿīl ibn Muslim al-ʿAbdī narrated to us: Abū al-Mutawakkil reported that the Prophet ﷺ mentioned fever and said, “Whoever is afflicted by it—that is his share of the Fire.”

Saʿd ibn Muʿādh then asked his Lord for that fever; it clung to him and never left him until he died. (2)

Abū al-Zubayr, on the authority of Jābir, said:

Saʿd ibn Muʿādh was struck on the Day of the Confederates, and the arrow severed the artery of his forearm. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cauterised it with fire; his hand swelled, it bled again, so he cauterised it a second time. (3)

Abū Isḥāq, from ʿAmr ibn Shurayḥbīl, said:

When Saʿd’s wound burst open, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ hastened to him, supported him against his chest, and the blood was flowing over Him. Abū Bakr arrived and exclaimed, ‘My back is broken over Saʿd!’

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Gently, Abū Bakr.’

Then ʿUmar came and said, ‘Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him we return.’ (4)

It was also narrated by Shuʿbah from him.

Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr, from his father, from his grandfather, from ʿĀʾishah, said:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, together with Abū Bakr and ʿUmar, attended Saʿd ibn Muʿādh while he was dying in the pavilion that had been erected for him