that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to the mother of Saʿd ibn Muʿādh, “Will your tears not cease and your sorrow not depart, knowing that your son is the first for whom Allah smiled and for whom the Throne trembled?”

Yūsuf ibn al-Mājishūn narrated from his father, from ʿĀṣim ibn ʿUmar ibn Qatādah, from his grandmother Rumaythah, who said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—and had I wished, being so close to him, I could have kissed the seal between his shoulders—say on the day Saʿd ibn Muʿādh died, ‘The Throne of the All-Merciful shook for him.’”

Muḥammad ibn Faḍīl related on the authority of ʿAṭāʾ ibn al-Sāʾib, from Mujāhid, from Ibn ʿUmar, who said: “The Throne shook out of Allah’s joy at meeting Saʿd.” He added, “What he meant by the Throne is the couch,” and then recited, “He raised his parents upon the throne” (Yūsuf 12:100). He explained, “Its wooden planks split apart.” He went on: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered Saʿd’s grave and remained inside for some time. When he came out he was asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, what kept you?’ He replied, ‘Saʿd was given a grave-squeeze, so I supplicated Allah to relieve him.’”

Al-Thawrī and others reported, through Abū Isḥāq from al-Barāʾ, that the Prophet ﷺ was brought a silk garment, and his Companions were astonished by its softness. He said, “The napkins of Saʿd ibn Muʿādh in Paradise are softer than this.” This narration is agreed upon as authentic.

Yazīd ibn Hārūn said: Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr narrated to us from Wāqid ibn ʿAmr ibn Saʿd ibn Muʿādh, who said, “I visited Anas ibn Mālik—Wāqid was among the tallest and most imposing of people—and he asked me, ‘Who are you?’ I replied, ‘I am Wāqid ibn ʿAmr ibn Saʿd ibn Muʿādh.’ He said, ‘You truly resemble Saʿd,’ and then wept profusely. Afterward he said, ‘May Allah have mercy on Saʿd; he was one of the tallest and most imposing of men.’ He then added, ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ dispatched an army to Ukaydir of Dūmah, and Ukaydir sent the Messenger of Allah a robe of silk brocade.’