Sa'id ibn Zayd
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Sa'eed bin Zayd, was one of the Ṣaḥābah
( "companions"), the companions of Muhammad
. He is also nicknamed "Abu-al-Aawar". He was born in 593-4 AD and was an early convert to Islam "Said (Saeed) was not yet twenty when he embraced Islâm." that was before 613. His young and steadfast wife Fatimah
, daughter of al-Khattab
and sister of Umar
, also accepted Islâm early.He was from the one of The Ten Promised Paradise. He died in 673.
He participated in all of the battles in which Muhammad participated personally with the exception of the battle of Badr.Muhammad had sent Talha and Sa'eed bin Zayd to get information on the movement of the Quraysh army. They missed the Quraysh army and by the time they returned, the battle had been won by the Muslims. However, both of them were given their share of the war trophies of the battle.
Once he was appointed Governor of Damascus without his consent. He wrote to Abu ‘Ubayda, “I am unable to offer such a sacrifice. You will perform Jihad
while I will be deprived of it. Please send someone else to replace me as soon as you receive this letter. I am coming to you soon.” Later, he fought as an ordinary soldier in all the battles which were waged for the cause of Islam.
He is said to have passed the rest of his life in perfect peace and did not ever incline towards the mundane pleasures of life.
He disliked taking oaths. Once he had to attend a court of law in connection with a suit. The judge asked him to speak on oath. He withdrew his case and abandoned his claim. His submission to faith, his fear of Allah, and his services for the cause of Islam, earned him the glad tidings from Muhammad during his lifetime that he would enter the Eternal Gardens in the life hereafter.
Sahaba
In Islam, the ' were the companions, disciples, scribes and family of the Islamic prophet...
( "companions"), the companions of Muhammad
Muhammad
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. He is also nicknamed "Abu-al-Aawar". He was born in 593-4 AD and was an early convert to Islam "Said (Saeed) was not yet twenty when he embraced Islâm." that was before 613. His young and steadfast wife Fatimah
Fatimah bint al-Khattab
Fatimah bint al-Khattab was the sister of the second Sunni Caliph: Umar. She was married to Sa'id ibn Zayd.- See also :*Fatima *Sahaba...
, daughter of al-Khattab
Khattab ibn Nufayl
Khattab ibn Nufayl was an Arab from the tribe of Quraish. He lived during the 6th century and was a contemporary of Muhammad. He was also the father of Umar ibn al-Khattab, who would later become Muslim and is regarded by Sunni Muslims as the second "Rightly guided Caliph" , thus he was a Sahaba's...
and sister of Umar
Umar
`Umar ibn al-Khattāb c. 2 November , was a leading companion and adviser to the Islamic prophet Muhammad who later became the second Muslim Caliph after Muhammad's death....
, also accepted Islâm early.He was from the one of The Ten Promised Paradise. He died in 673.
Family
- Sa'eed bin Zayd was the son of Zayd bin Amr.
- Khattab bin Nufayl was the father of Umar bin al-Khattab, the second Sunni Caliph.
- Sa'eed's grandfather, Amr bin Nufayl was the brother and also the stepfather of Khattab bin Nufayl, since Sa'eed's great grandmother (who was also his grandmother) married one of her sons (Sa'eed's grandfather) after becoming a widow. Thus, Sa'eed's grandmother and great grandmother were the same woman; she came from the FehmFEHMFEHM is a groundwater model that has been developed in the at Los Alamos National Laboratory over the past 30 years. The executable is available free at the . The capabilities of the code have expanded over the years to include multiphase flow of heat and mass with air, water, and CO2, methane...
tribe known as San'a.
- Before Islam, Sa'eed's father, Zayd bin Amr was a hanifHanifHanif is a term that refers to those who maintain the pure monothestic Muslim beliefs of the patriarch Ibrahim. More specifically, in Islamic thought it refers to the people during the period known as the Age of Ignorance, who were seen to have rejected idolatry and retained some or all of the...
, a follower of the monotheistic tradition of Abraham, and hence never worshipped idols nor ate meat slaughtered in the name of idols. The Quraysh harassed him for this, and his uncle Khattab bin Nufayl became one of his main tormentors.
- Sa'eed eventually married Fatimah bint al-KhattabFatimah bint al-KhattabFatimah bint al-Khattab was the sister of the second Sunni Caliph: Umar. She was married to Sa'id ibn Zayd.- See also :*Fatima *Sahaba...
, and both became Muslims and hid their faith from UmarUmar`Umar ibn al-Khattāb c. 2 November , was a leading companion and adviser to the Islamic prophet Muhammad who later became the second Muslim Caliph after Muhammad's death....
, the wife's brother, until the wife managed to contribute to Umar becoming a Muslim as well.
During the lifetime of Muhammad
In his early career, he served as the secretary of the Prophet and recorded the verses of the Quran which were revealed to the Prophet. History record that Sa'eed bin Zayd was a pious man and he never did anything throughout his life against the teachings of Muhammad. It is a said that ‘Sa'eed always covered Muhammad keeping himself ahead and in front of him in battle and always stood behind him in prayers. He took part in a number of battles, even after the death of Muhammad, for the sake of Islam, and fought very bravely.He participated in all of the battles in which Muhammad participated personally with the exception of the battle of Badr.Muhammad had sent Talha and Sa'eed bin Zayd to get information on the movement of the Quraysh army. They missed the Quraysh army and by the time they returned, the battle had been won by the Muslims. However, both of them were given their share of the war trophies of the battle.
During the time of the Caliphs
Sa'eed bin Zayd was offered the office of a Governor on account of his courage and administrative abilities, but he did not accept it.Once he was appointed Governor of Damascus without his consent. He wrote to Abu ‘Ubayda, “I am unable to offer such a sacrifice. You will perform Jihad
Jihad
Jihad , an Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims. In Arabic, the word jihād translates as a noun meaning "struggle". Jihad appears 41 times in the Quran and frequently in the idiomatic expression "striving in the way of God ". A person engaged in jihad is called a mujahid; the plural is...
while I will be deprived of it. Please send someone else to replace me as soon as you receive this letter. I am coming to you soon.” Later, he fought as an ordinary soldier in all the battles which were waged for the cause of Islam.
He is said to have passed the rest of his life in perfect peace and did not ever incline towards the mundane pleasures of life.
He disliked taking oaths. Once he had to attend a court of law in connection with a suit. The judge asked him to speak on oath. He withdrew his case and abandoned his claim. His submission to faith, his fear of Allah, and his services for the cause of Islam, earned him the glad tidings from Muhammad during his lifetime that he would enter the Eternal Gardens in the life hereafter.
External links
- http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/companions_of_the_prophet/SaidZayd.html
- http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Articles/companion/02_abu_bakr.htm