Sahl ibn Sa'd al-Sa'idi

A Companion of the Banu Sa'ida ¹.

He is Sahl ibn Sa'd ibn Malik ibn Khalid ibn Tha'laba ibn Haritha ibn Amr ibn al-Khazraj ibn Sa'ida, al-Ansari al-Sa'idi, among the best-known Companions; Ibn Hibban reports that his name had been Hazn and the Prophet ﷺ changed it ². He narrated from the Prophet and from Ubayy ibn Ka'b, Asim ibn Adi and Amr ibn Abasa; his son al-Abbas, Abu Hazim, al-Zuhri and others narrated from him ³.

Al-Zuhri said the Prophet died when Sahl was fifteen years old, and he was the last of the Companions to die in Medina; he died in 91 AH, some say earlier, and al-Waqidi said he lived a hundred years ³.

A hadith is narrated from him: "Renounce the world and God will love you; renounce what is in people's hands and people will love you." It is the thirty-first hadith of al-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths. Ibn Majah narrates it (4102) through Abu Hazim from him ¹.

Another hadith from him, in al-Tirmidhi (2320), concerns the worth of this world in the sight of God ¹.

Sahl ibn Sa'd al-Sa'idi was a Companion from Medina who lived so long that he was the last Companion to die there; the scholars narrated a group of hadiths from him ³.

• al-Isaba fi Tamyiz al-Sahaba, entry 3709 (al-Maktaba al-Asriyya scan, pp. 624-625).
• On his death: "91 AH, some say earlier", and al-Waqidi "lived a hundred years" — the divergence is stated.
• The grading and details of the "renounce the world" hadith need an additional source.