At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Overview
Abu Humayd al-Sa'idi, the famous Companion; his name was Abd al-Rahman ibn Sa'd — also given as Abd al-Rahman ibn Amr ibn Sa'd, or al-Mundhir ibn Sa'd ibn al-Mundhir — and it is said he was the uncle of Sahl ibn Sa'd. 1
His transmission and campaigns
He transmitted a number of hadiths from the Prophet ﷺ, and his reports appear in the two Sahihs; his grandson's son Sa'id ibn al-Mundhir ibn Abi Humayd, the Companion Jabir, al-Abbas ibn Sahl ibn Sa'd, Abd al-Malik ibn Sa'id ibn Suwayd, Amr ibn Salim, Urwa, Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Ata' and others transmitted from him. Khalifa, Ibn Sa'd and others said he witnessed Uhud and what came after. 1
His death
Al-Waqidi said he died at the end of Mu'awiya's caliphate or the beginning of Yazid's. 1
Connections
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 456
People and things also explored
Muwatta, Book of Prayer· Abdallah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Hazm· Muhammad· Salah (the prescribed prayer)· Muwatta 456
Sources
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p.1653
- al-Alam — al-Zirikli
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Humayd al-Sa'idi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-humayd-al-saidi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.