heavens. (1)

Isrāʾīl narrated from Abū Isḥāq, from Abū Maysarah, who said:
“Saʿd’s blood did not clot until the Prophet ﷺ took hold of his forearm; then the blood withdrew up to his upper arm. Saʿd would pray, ‘O Allah, do not let me die until You grant me vengeance against Banū Qurayẓah.’ (2)”

Al-Wāqidī related: Sāʿīd ibn Muḥammad told me, from Rubayḥ ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Saʿīd, from his father, from his grandfather, who said:
“I was among those who dug Saʿd’s grave in al-Baqīʿ. Each time we removed some earth, the scent of musk would waft over us, until we reached the burial niche.”

Rubayḥ added: “Muḥammad ibn al-Munkadir informed me, from Muḥammad ibn Shuraḥbīl ibn Ḥasanah, who said: A man took a handful of soil from Saʿd’s grave and carried it away; when he looked at it, it had become pure musk. (3)”

This report was also transmitted by Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr ibn ʿAlqamah on the authority of Ibn al-Munkadir. (4)

Al-Wāqidī further said: ʿUbayd ibn Jabīrah informed us, from al-Ḥuṣayn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAmr ibn Saʿd ibn Muʿādh, who said:
“Saʿd ibn Muʿādh was a fair-skinned, tall, handsome man, with a pleasant face, large eyes, and a well-groomed beard. He was wounded on the Day of the Trench, in the fifth year of—”