Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 1 of 3

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @,\;"&>% (1'01-1) 531
had done the first time. ( I)
The Bravery of Hadhrat Sa'd bin Abi
Waqqaas
Hadhrat Sa'd $@@&j is the First Person to Fire an
Arrow in the Path of Allaah
Hadhrat Zuhri reports that Rasulullaah @& once sent an expedition to a place
called Raabigh that was situated on one end of Hijaaz. Hadhrat Sa'd bin Abi
Waqqaas SGw was also part of this expedition. When the Mushrikeen
attacked the Muslims, Hadhrat Sa'd %lLw defended them with his arrows
and was the first person to fire and arrow in the path of Allaah. This was the
first battle fought in Islaam. Concerning his archery, Hadhrat Sa'd bin Abi
Waqqaas 9Bwj recited the following couplets (which meant):
" Behold! Has the news reached Rasu/ullaah ik%% yet
that 1 have defended my companions with my arrowheads?
Using them, 1 made the enemy flee
over every type ofground, hard and sofl
No archer fighting the enemy can be counted
Who has fired an arrow before me, 0 Rasu/u/laah @& "(2)
Hadhrat Sa'd bin Abi Waqqaas !&.%@3j Kills Three
People with a Single Arrow During the Battle of
Uhud
Hadhrat Ibn Shihaab narrates that Hadhrat Sa'd bin Abi Waqqaas killed
three people with a single arrow during the Battle of Uhud. When the
Mushrikeen first shot the arrow at the Muslims, Hadhrat Sa'd Si3%&= shot it back
at them (killing one of them). When the Mushrikeen again fired the same arrow
back, Hadhrat Sa'd %lLW% shot it back at them a second time, killing another
man. When the arrow came back, Hadhrat Sa'd !3Gwj fired it back at them a
third time, taking the life of yet another Mushrik. Everyone was astonished by
what Hadhrat Sa'd 3.- had done. He said to them, "The arrow was handed to
me by none other than"Nabi @&." Rasulullaah @$$ said to him, "May my
parents be sacrificed for you." (3)
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood ~.G@ says that during the Battle of Badr,
Hadhrat Sa'd bin Abi Waqqaas G.lGW fought with Rasulullaah @$$ in the roles
of both cavalry and infantry (according to another interpretation, although
Hadhrat Sa'd %,Gw was part of the infantry, he fought as efficiently as a
cavalryman). (4)
( 1 ) A1 Bidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vol. 7 Pg. 1 I ) .
(2) Ibn Asaakir, as quoted in Muntakhab Kanzul Urnrnaal(Vo1.5 Pg.72).
(3) Ibn Asaakir, as quoted in Muntakhab Kanzul Urnrnaal(Vol.5 Pg.72).
(4) Bazzaar. Haythami (Vo1.6 Pg.82) has commented on the chain of narrators.