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Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ibn Wuhayb al-Zuhri (Arabic: سَعْد بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاص بْنِ وهَيْب الزُّهري, romanized: Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ ibn Wuhayb al-Zuhrī) was an Arab Muslim commander.

He was the founder of Kufa and served as its governor under Umar ibn al-Khattab. He played a leading role in the Muslim conquest of Persia and was a close companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Sa'd was the seventh free adult man to embrace Islam , which he did at the age of seventeen. Sa'd was famous for his leadership in the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and the conquest of the Sasanian capital Ctesiphon in After the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and the Siege of Ctesiphon , Sa'd served as the supreme commander of the Rashidun army in Iraq , which conquered Khuzestan and built the garrison city of Kufa.

Traditions of Chinese Muslims hold that he introduced Islam to China during a diplomatic visit in , though these accounts are disputed. Sunni historians and scholars regard Sa'd as an honored figure due to his companionship with Muhammad, his inclusion as one of the ten to whom Paradise was promised , and his participation in the Battle of Badr , whose participants are collectively held in high esteem.

Sa'd was one of the first to accept Islam. Chroniclers reported that Muhammad told Sa'd that God praised his firmness in his faith, but also told him to be kinder to his mother, as filial piety is an important virtue in Islam. According to Ibn Hisham 's version of Ibn Ishaq's sira , Sa'd and a number of other Muslims were criticized by a group of polytheists in Mecca.

This criticism prompted Sa'd to wound one of the polytheists with a camel bone, which Ibn Ishaq deems "the first blood to be shed in Islam". As Sa'd and his siblings arrived in Medina, they immediately pledged allegiance to Muhammad.

Sayyidina Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas radiya Llahu ‘anhu is one of the very first to accept Islam and believe in Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala and His Messenger salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam.

The Meccan migrants were termed muhajirun , while the local inhabitants of Medina were known as the Ansar. While in Medina, Sa'd was involved in most of the military operations mounted by the Muslims against the Quraysh of Mecca. His first operation occurred nine months after the migration, when he was tasked with leading 20 men to raid a Qurayshi caravan that passed Kharrar , located between Al-Juhfa and Mecca.

This expedition failed, as the caravan escaped. During a minor reconnaissance operation under Ubayda ibn al-Harith in Rabigh shortly before the Battle of Badr , the team caught the attention of opposing Qurayshi fighters that began to chase them.