Sad ibn al-Rabi al-Ansari

Sa'd ibn al-Rabi' ibn Amr of the Ansar, of the Khazraj, one of the twelve chiefs (nuqaba') of the Ansar at the Pledge of al-Aqaba, who was killed as a martyr at Uhud ².

After the pledge was completed, the Prophet asked for twelve leaders to be chosen as chiefs over their people. They were nine from the Khazraj and three from the Aws, and Sa'd ibn al-Rabi' was among the chiefs of the Khazraj ³.

Sa'd took part in the fighting at Uhud after the death of Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib (may God be pleased with him). al-Raheeq names him among the senior Companions who fought that day ⁴.

When he was at his last breath, with seventy wounds on him, the Prophet sent to ask after him. He replied: "O Messenger of God, I smell the fragrance of Paradise." He charged his people, the Ansar, that they would have no excuse before God if the Prophet were harmed while there was an eye among them that could still blink ¹. He died at that moment.

• The main reference here is al-Raheeq al-Makhtum by al-Mubarakfuri. The accounts of Sa'd ibn al-Rabi' in Ibn Sa'd and Ibn Ishaq have not yet been checked against this article, and they should be added before the entry is relied on.
• The report of Sa'd's words at his last breath comes from the books of the campaigns, and rests on what al-Raheeq cites at the page referenced.