Sa'd ibn Zayd al-Ashhali
سعد بن زيد الأشهلي
A noble Companion from Banu Abd al-Ashhal of the Aws; Badri veteran who was entrusted by the Prophet with the mission to demolish the ancient idol Manat at al-Mushallal in Ramadan 8 AH.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Commander
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Converts and those who leaveBattles
Place in the story
- CommandertowardThe early Muslim community · 630 CE · 9 AH†Tradition
- Companion · c. 622 CE · c. 1 BH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
- Born in
- Medina
- Member of
- The AnsarBanu Aws
- Participated in
- The Demolition of al-Uzza and Major Idols
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Amr ibn HaramAbdullah ibn AtikAsim ibn ThabitBishr ibn al-Bara'Hudhayfa ibn al-YamanSafwan ibn al-Mu'attalExpedition of al-SawiqThe Ansar
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
- Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir (Bewley translation, Ta-Ha)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Sa'd ibn Zayd al-Ashhali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sad-ibn-zayd-al-ashhali/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.