story of hazrat saeed bin
zaid in Urdu/Hindi-His wife Fatima was also an early convert. At first they
kept their faith secret because Fatima's brother Umar was a prominent
persecutor of Muslims. Khabbab ibn al-Aratt often visited their house and read
the Qur'an to Fatima.One day Umar entered their house while Khabbab was reading
and demanded to know what the "balderdash" was. When they denied that
anything had been read, Umar seized Sa'id and knocked him to the floor. Fatima
stood up to defend her husband, and Umar hit her so hard that she bled. The
couple admitted that they were Muslims. At the sight of the blood, Umar was
sorry for what he had done, and asked to see what they had been reading. It was
Ta-Ha, later to become the twentieth Surah of the Qur'an. Impressed by the
beauty of the words, Umar decided to become a Muslim.Sa'id joined the general
emigration to Medina in 622 and at first lodged in the house of Rifa'a ibn
Abdul-Mundhir. He was made the brother in Islam of Rafi ibn Malik of the Zurayq
clan; but an alternative tradition names his brother in Islam as Talha ibn
Ubaydallah.Sa'id and Talha missed the Battle of Badr because Muhammad sent them
ahead as scouts to report on the movements of Abu Sufyan's caravan. When they
heard that they had missed the caravan, they returned to Medina, only to find
that Muhammad and his army had already reached Badr. They set out for Badr and
met the returning victorious army at Turban. However, Muhammad gave them a
share of the plunder as if they had been present.Sa'id participated in all the
other battles in which Muhammad personally fought.He served as Muhammad's
secretary and recorded the verses of the Quran.Once he was appointed Governor
of Damascus without his consent.[citation needed] He wrote to Abu ‘Ubayda,
"I am unable to offer such a sacrifice. You will perform Jihad while I
will be deprived of it. Please send someone else to replace me as soon as you
receive this letter. I am coming to you soon."[citation needed] Later, he
fought as an ordinary soldier in all the battles of the Islamic army.[citation
needed]In the time of Muawiyah I he was Governor of KufaHe died in 671 AD (51
AH) during the reign of Muawiyah I at al-Aqiq. His corpse was carried back to
Medina and buried there by Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas and Abdullah ibn Umar.Sa'id said
that Muhammad once guaranteed Paradise to ten men who were then present and
named nine of them. Then he hinted that the tenth man had been himself.This
story of the Ten Promised Paradise was corroborated by another of the Ten, 'Abd
al-Rahman ibn 'Awf.
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