قيس بن سعد بن عبادة

Qays ibn Sa'd ibn Ubada al-Ansari al-Khazraji al-Sa'idi, Abu al-Fadl. He was one of the excellent Companions, a man of judgement and stratagem in war, and bore the banner of the Ansar with the Prophet ﷺ ¹.

His mother was Fukayha bint Ubayd ibn Dulaym ibn Haritha. It is said that he was called Abu Abd Allah or Abu Abd al-Malik ¹. He came from a house of leadership among his people ¹.

Ibn al-Athir describes him as "one of the excellent Companions, one of the shrewdest and most generous of the Arabs," a man of sound judgement and stratagem in war, with resolve and courage, and a nobleman among his people whom none could repel ¹.

Anas ibn Malik (may God be pleased with him) reports that Qays held a place with the Prophet like that of a chief of police to a ruler, in the matters that fell to him ¹.

Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri said that Qays ibn Sa'd bore the banner of the Ansar with the Messenger of God ¹. Ibn al-Athir mentions that Ibn Shihab said this, and that what al-Bukhari reports about "Qays ibn Sa'd ibn Thabit" is an error that arose from a misreading, and should be read as "Ibn Sa'd ibn Ubada" ¹.

• The text about Qays says that "he was my partner in the pre-Islamic period." This is a report from Ibn al-Athir, from the statement of a Companion named in the chain. It is presented as a report and has not been settled here.
• Al-Zuhri's statement about the banner, and Ibn al-Athir's note on al-Bukhari's misreading, should be checked against the authorized edition of al-Bukhari itself before they are relied on.