Abu Sa'da

أبو سعدة

A man of Banu Abs at Kufa; in al-Baladhuri he told the investigators Sa'd 'neither divided equally nor judged justly' — whereupon Sa'd's prayer befell him, Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr seeing him in the alleys saying 'an old man tried — Sa'd's prayer struck me.'

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Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Participated in
The Kufans' Complaint against Sa'd and the Succession of Governors

People and things also explored

al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba· Ammar ibn Yasir· Amr ibn Ma'dikarib· Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Kufa· The Kufans' Complaint against Sa'd and the Succession of Governors

Sources

  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba

Thaqafi Companion renowned for wit and statecraft; he broke the gate of al-Lat with the pickaxe during its demolition in 9 AH, first feigning a collapse that struck terror into the watching Thaqafis.