Abū Saʿīd Saʿd ibn Mālik ibn Sinān al-Khazrajī al-Khudrī ( ar, أبو سعيد سعد بن مالك بن سنان الخزرجي الخدري) was an inhabitant of Medina and early ally (''

Ansari Ansari may refer to: People *Ansar (Islam), an Islamic term that literally means "helpers" and denotes the Medinan citizens that helped the Islamic prophet Muhammad after the Hijra *Ansari (nesba), people known as Ansari or Al-Ansari as a nesba * ...

'') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and one of the younger "

companions of the prophet The Companions of the Prophet ( ar, اَلصَّحَابَةُ; ''aṣ-ṣaḥāba'' meaning "the companions", from the verb meaning "accompany", "keep company with", "associate with") were the disciples and followers of Muhammad who saw or m ...

". Too young to fight at the

Battle of Uhud The Battle of Uhud ( ar, غَزْوَة أُحُد, ) was fought on Saturday, 23 March 625 AD (7 Shawwal, 3 AH), in the valley north of Mount Uhud.Watt (1974) p. 136. The Qurayshi Meccans, led by Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, commanded an army of 3,000 m ...

in 625 where his father Malik ibn Sinan fell, he participated in subsequent campaigns. Although he traveled to Syria once to visit the Umayyad caliph

Mu'awiyah Mu'awiya I ( ar, معاوية بن أبي سفيان, Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān; –April 680) was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 661 until his death. He became caliph less than thirty years after the deat ...

, he resided in Medina all his life. Later, he is said to have participated with his fellow Medinans in the defense of their city against the Umayyad army at the

Battle of al-Harrah The Battle of al-Harra ( ar, يوم الحرة, Yawm al-Ḥarra ) was fought between the Syrian army of the Umayyad caliph Yazid I () led by Muslim ibn Uqba and the defenders of Medina from the Ansar and Muhajirun factions, who had rebelled agai ...

in 64/683. He is said variously to have died in 63/682, 64/683, 65/684, or 74/693. Abu Said is one of the narrators of hadith most frequently quoted. By one count, he has 1170 narrations, making him the seventh most prolific Companion in the transmission of the hadith.Muhammad Zubayr Siddiqi, ''Hadith Literature: Its Origin, Development and Special Features'', revised by Abdal Hakim Murad, Cambridge, Islamic Texts Society, 1993, p. 18. Shia Muslims do not automatically dismiss his narrations but compare what he narrates with other sources.

Hadith transmitted by him

The following quotations are from books of hadith. These books relate accounts taken from the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, his family, and his companions. They were compiled by Islamic scholars after Muhammad's death. These quotations include information about those who related the accounts, as well as the accounts themselves. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that Muhammad said, "There is no gift better and wider than ." from Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim Abu Sa'id al-Khudri narrates that Muhammad said, "He who fasts for a day in the Path of Allah, Allah will keep him away from Hell by a distance of seventy years of journey." from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri narrated that Muhammad said, "The lasting good deeds are: (the saying of) , , , , and ." related from Abu Saeed al Khudri reported that he heard Muhammad say, "While I was asleep, I dreamt that people are brought to me, all of them wearing shirts. Some of the shirts reached only up to the chest and some a little below the chest. Umar ibn al-Khattab was also brought to me. His shirt was so long that it trailed on the ground and he dragged it along as he walked." Some of the sahaba asked him its interpretation and he said, "Religion." from Sahih Bukhari and Muslim

Narrations

* A narration concerning An-Nisa, 24 * A narration concerning Contraception

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Hadith transmitted by him

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