Sa'd ibn Ubayd

سعد بن عبيد

637 CE · 16 AH

Medina

An Awsi Ansari Companion, Abu Zayd al-Qari who gathered the Qur'an; a Badri who led the prayers at the Quba mosque in the Prophet ﷺ's, Abu Bakr's and Umar's times. Ibn Numayr reports him martyred at al-Qadisiyya in 16 AH.

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Roles
Companion
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Life in time

550575600625650675700 c. c. c.
Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abd al-Rahman ibn Abra · Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham · Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf · Abd al-Rahman ibn Jaza' al-Ta'i

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Medina

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Summary

Sa'd ibn Ubayd ibn al-Nu'man, an Awsi Ansari, Abu Zayd al-Qari who gathered the Qur'an. A Badri who led prayers at the Quba mosque in the times of the Prophet, Abu Bakr and Umar. Ibn Numayr names him among those martyred at al-Qadisiyya in 16 AH; al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar has him die at Medina in Umar's time.

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Lived in
Medina
Member of
The Companions· al-Aws
Participated in
The Battle of Badr· The battle of al-Qadisiyya

People and things also explored

Abu al-Haytham ibn al-Tayyihan· Sahl ibn Hunayf· Unays ibn Qatada· al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib· Abd Allah ibn Zayd al-Ansari· Abdullah ibn Mas'ud· Abu'l-Yusr Ka'b ibn Amr· Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

Sources

  1. al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p.559
  • al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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