SA’EED IBN ZAYD ... And Saeed bin Zayd will be in Paradise. [An Authentic Hadith] Who Was He? He was Saeed bin Zayd bin Amr bin Nufayl bin AbdulUzza, Al-Quraishi Al- Adawi He accepted Islam in its early period before the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) ever began his gathering in the house of Arqam. He participated in all the battles alongside the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) with the exception of Badr. Urwah repotted: Saeed bin Zayd bin Amr bin Nufayl arrived from Sham after the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) had returned victoriously from the Battle of Badr. The Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) gave him his own portion (from the spoils of war). He participated in the siege of Damascus and its eventual capture. Abu Ubaydah bin Al- Jarrah appointed him to administer the territory. This makes him the first to ever rule Damascus from this Ummah. He Is One of the Ten Given the Tiding of Paradise Abdur· Rahman ibn Awf also narrated: The Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) said, Abu Bakr will go to Paradise, Urnar will go to Paradise, Uthman will go to Paradise, Ali will go to Paradise, Talhah will go to Paradise, Az-Zubayr will go to Paradise, Abdur Rahman ibn Awf will go to Paradise, Sad ibn Abu Waqqas will go to Paradise, Saeed ibn Zayd will go to Paradise, and Abu Ubayd ibn Al-Jarrah will go to Paradise. His father, Zayd bin Amr bin Nufayl was among those who fled toward Allah from the worship of idols before the Messengership of Muhammad. He toured through the land of Sham seeking an upright religion to practice. He came across Christians and Jews, but detested their religions. Finally, after a fruitless search, he said: 0 Allah I am upon the religion of Ibrahim (S.A.W.). He did not grasp the laws given to Ibrahim properly because he did not find anyone who would set him firmly upon that path. Nevertheless he was from the saved ones. The Messenger of Allal1 (S.A.W.) bore witness for him that, He will be resurrected as a one-man nation. He was a cousin to Amirul Muminin Umar bin Al-Khattab. He saw the Prophet (S.A.W.) but he did not live to witness his prophethood. Asma bint Abo Bakr narrated: I saw Zayd bin Amr bin Nufayl standing with his back against the Kabah and saying, 0 people of Quraish! By Allah, none amongst you is on the religion of Ibrahim except me. He used to preserve the lives of little girls: If somebody wanted to kill his daughter he would say to him, Do not kill her for I will feed her on your behalf. So he would take her, and when she grew up nicely, he would say to her father, Now if you want her, I will give her to you, and if you wish, I will feed her on your behalf. Zayd bin Arnr used to criticize the Qw·aish. He would say, Allah has created the sheep and He has sent the water for it from the sky, and He has grown the grass for it from the earth; yet you slaughter it in other than the Name of Allah! As for his son, Saeed, he got his own portion of fortune because of his acceptance of Islam. Qais bin Abi Hazim narrated: Saeed bin Zayd bin Amr bin Nulayl said: By Allah, I have seen myself tied and forced by Umar to leave Islam before Umar himself embraced Islam. Thereafter, he had one of the strongest and longest hands in the aid of Islam. May Allah be pleased with him. Luminous Phases from His Fighting in Jihad Saeed bin Zayd earned great fortune in Islam. He participated in Jihad in the path of Allah alongside the righteous ones. He was the commander of the cavalry in the Battle of Ajnadayn and proved to be one of the strongest men Habib bin Salamah reported: We were hard pressed on the Day of Yarmuk and our saving grace was Saeed bin Zayd. How excellent he was on that day. He was like a Lion in his ferociousness in that battle. He rushed to the ground on his knees and when the enemy got close to him, he pounced on them like a lion. A Dua and Its Acceptance Hisham bin Urwah reported on the authority of his father that Arwah bint Uwais disputed with Saeed bin Zayd that he had seized some of the land belonging to her. She brought this dispute before Marwan. Saeed said: How could I take a part of her land, after what I heard from Allahs Messenger (S.A.W.)? I heard Allahs Messenger (S.A.W.) say: He who wrongly took a span of land would be made to wear around his neck seven earths. Marwan said: I do not ask any evidence from you after this. He (Saeed) said: 0 Allah, make her blind if she has told a lie and kill her in her own land. He (the narrator) said: She did not die w1til she had lost her eyesight, and (one day) as she was walking in her land, she fell down into a pit and died. See how the nobles are wrongly accused. Meanwhile they turn a blind eye to those who really deserve to be accused. How many criminals ru·e there roaming free and how many are the pious exposed to insults and injuries of the evil plotters but Allah is the Best of Planners. Soon they will be requited in the end. And surely, he who invents a lie (against Allah) will fail miserably. (Ta Ha:61) The innocents should take solace in the fact that their Messenger, himself, was not free from the gibes of the devils and the devils of men. In the Battle of Hunayn, some people arrogantly criticized his distribution of the war booty: By Allah, there is no justice in this distribution and the pleasure of Allah was not intended by it! they said. Saeed died in the year 51A.H. and was buried in Madinah. He died at Al-Aqiq and Sad bin Abi Waqqas washed his body and Sa d together with Abdullah bin Umar lowered him into his grave. On the day he died, he was well over seventy years old. And Allah knows best. #AareEustaceBusariOluwatosin
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