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Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Archer and conqueror of Iraq

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CompanionArcher and conqueror of Iraq

Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqasسعد بن أبي وقاص

Approximate dateKufa

An early convert whose mother's hunger strike brought down verses on duty to parents.

Sa'd accepted Islam at about seventeen. His mother refused to eat until he left it; he answered that even a hundred lives would not change him. He was the first to shoot an arrow for Islam. Under Umar he led the army that defeated Persia at Qadisiyyah and founded Kufa. He kept out of the later civil strife.

What does the Quran say?

But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness and follow the way of those who turn back to Me [in repentance]. Then to Me will be your return, and I will inform you about what you used to do.

Quran 31:15

29:8

What does the hadith say?

Jami at-Tirmidhi 3747

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

KufaAbu BakrUmar ibn al-KhattabUthman ibn AffanAli ibn Abi TalibTalhah ibn UbaydullahAl-Zubayr ibn al-AwwamAbd al-Rahman ibn AwfSa'id ibn ZaydAbu Ubaydah ibn al-JarrahSasanian PersiaRashidun CaliphateCtesiphon (al-Mada'in)al-QadisiyyahGuangzhou (Canton)

Who lived at the same time?

Muhammad ﷺThe Three Who Stayed BehindZayd ibn HarithaAl-MuqawqisJabalah ibn al-AyhamYazdegerd IIIHeracliusConstans II

Source: the Quran · Wikipedia

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