in a village of the Ghūṭa plain outside Damascus known as al-Munayḥa, where a celebrated tomb said to be his may still be seen. I have not found the ḥāfiẓ Ibn ʿAsākir mentioning this grave (1) at all in his biography, and Allah knows best.

Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr (2) said: They all agree that he was found dead in his bath-house; his body had turned green, and no one realized that he had died until they heard a voice proclaim (3):

“We slew the chieftain of the Khazraj, Saʿd ibn ʿUbāda;
We shot him with two arrows (4), and neither missed his heart.”

Ibn Jurayj said: I heard ʿAṭāʾ say, “I was told that it was the jinn who recited those two lines about Saʿd ibn ʿUbāda.”

He transmitted hadith from the Prophet ﷺ, and he—may Allah be pleased with him—was among the most fiercely protective of men: he never married a woman except a virgin, and whenever he divorced a wife no one dared to seek her hand thereafter.

It is reported that when he left Madinah he distributed his wealth among his sons. After his death another son was born to him, so Abū Bakr and ʿUmar came to his son Qays ibn Saʿd and instructed him to include the newborn with them. He replied, “I will not alter what Saʿd apportioned, but my own share shall go to this child.”

Salama (5) ibn Hishām ibn al-Mughīra, the brother of Abū Jahl ibn Hishām, accepted Islam early and migrated to Abyssinia. When he returned, his brother detained him and starved him; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to supplicate for him in the qunūt, along with a number of other oppressed believers. He later slipped away and joined the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Madinah after the Battle of the Trench, remained with him there, fought at Ajnādayn, and was killed in that battle—may Allah be pleased with him.

Ḍirār (6) ibn al-Azwar al-Asadī was one of the famous horsemen and renowned champions; he had notable exploits and praiseworthy qualities. ʿUrwa and Mūsā ibn ʿUqba state that he was killed at Ajnādayn. He narrated a hadith (7) recommending that a little milk be left in the udder when milking.