Bashir ibn Sa'd () was one of the companions of

Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

. He was a member of the

Banu Khazraj The Banu Khazraj () is a large Arab tribe based in Medina. They were also in Medina during Muhammad's era. The Banu Khazraj are a South Arabian Qahtanite tribe that were pressured out of South Arabia as a result of the destruction of the Marib ...

and later became its leader. He was the first one who pledged of allegiance to the first caliph,

Abu Bakr Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa (23 August 634), better known by his ''Kunya (Arabic), kunya'' Abu Bakr, was a senior Sahaba, companion, the closest friend, and father-in-law of Muhammad. He served as the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruli ...

, in a meeting in

Saqifa The Saqifa () of the Banu Sa'ida clan refers to the location of an event in early Islam where some of the Companions of the Prophet, companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad pledged their allegiance to Abu Bakr as the first Caliphate, caliph and ...

. He wisely handled the situation when there was a huge dispute and division on the matter of succession to Prophet.

Biography

He was among the early Muslims of

Medina Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (, ), also known as Taybah () and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib (), is the capital of Medina Province (Saudi Arabia), Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ...

from the clan of

. When he reached in his mature age he became the chief of

. He was a

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who was present at the

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. He became the chief of Banu Aus.Imamate: The Vicegerency of the Prophet
Al-islam.org
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. Muhammad's forces included

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, Az-Zubair bin Al-'Awwam,

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, and

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. The Muslims also brought seventy camels and two horses, meaning that they either had to walk or fit three to four men per camel. However, many early Muslim sources indicate that no serious fighting was expected, and the future Caliph

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stayed behind to care for his sick wife

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, the daughter of Muhammad.

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also could not join the battle, as he was still not a free man. He also led a military campaign as a commander known as the

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. He was sent to Fadak, the event took place in Shaban, 7AH i.e. December 628 AD,3rd Month 7AH, of the Islamic Calendar.

Succession to Muhammad

It is mentioned in Seerat Ibn e Ishaq (the first biography of

)) and subsequently Seerat Ibn e Hatham (another authentic biography of

)) and all other history and biography books that when

died, companions of Prophet were busy in their final rituals then they were informed that there is a gathering of Ansar of

. They are discussing succession after Prophet, and

Sa'd ibn Ubadah Saad () is a common male Arabic given name. The name stems from the Arabic verb ( 'to be happy, fortunate or lucky'). ''Saad'' is the stem of variant given names Suad and Sa‘id. It may be a shortened version of Sa'd al-Din, and is not to ...

chief of

Khazraj The Banu Khazraj () is a large Arab tribe based in Medina. They were also in Medina during Muhammad's era. The Banu Khazraj are a South Arabian Qahtanite tribe that were pressured out of South Arabia as a result of the destruction of the Marib ...

clan is a strong candidate for succession of leadership. Fearing of civil war

and

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instantly reached there, the situation was quite tense. Ansars were almost agreed on the khilafat of

, Muhajirs mainly above three shaikhs disagreed then

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who was motivating the Ansars to take control of the city, suggested to appoint to two Khalifas, one from Ansars and other for Muhajirs and if Muhajirs don't agree on that term then "take your swords and throw them out of

". Then Bashir ibn Sa'ad who belonged to clan of

Banu Aws The Banū Aws ( , "Sons of Aws") or simply Aws (, also romanised as Aus) was one of the main Arab tribes of Medina. The other was Khazraj, and the two, constituted the Ansar ("Helpers of Muhammad”) after the Hijra.. The Aws tribe desc ...

, intervened and handled the flared up situation. He said, "O Ansar you're the first who helped Prophet when His own people rejected him, now you should not be the first to destroy unity of Muslims after Him. And whatever you'he done for Islam you should seek its reward in afterlife and should not be divided on the issue of succession." After that

asked people to appoint as Khalifa either to

because both of them were Muhajirs from

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, were among the very first who accepted

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and were among the closest companions of Prophet. But

withdrew himself saying that he would never consider himself when

is present. Then Bashir ibn Sa'ad was the first one who pledged at the hand of

, then

and

and after that all people at

Saqifah The Saqifa () of the Banu Sa'ida clan refers to the location of an event in early Islam where some of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad pledged their allegiance to Abu Bakr as the first caliph and successor to Muhammad shortly after ...

followed them. He was martyred at

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, as az-Zurqani mentioned. states: "Others were Muhammad bin Maslama, Bashir bin Saad, and Zayd bin Thabit. They had shown great zeal in taking the oath of loyalty to Abu Bakr in

".''A Restatement of the History of Islam and Muslims'' on Al-Islam.or

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Biography

Succession to Muhammad

See also

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