Introduction

Hazrat Saeed (ra) bin Zaid. Hazrat Saeed’s father’s name was Zaid bin Amr and his mother’s name was Fatima bint Ba‘jah. He belonged to the tribe of Adiyy bin Ka‘b bin Lu‘ayy. The title of Hazrat Saeed (ra) bin Zaid was Abul Awar, while some have also reported it as Abu Thaur. He was tall, of a wheat-coloured complexion and had thick hair. He was the paternal cousin of Hazrat Umar (ra) bin Khattab. His ancestry connects with Hazrat Umar (ra) in the fourth generation through Nufail and connects to the Holy Prophet (sa) in the eighth generation through Ka‘b bin Lu‘ayy.

(Usdul Ghabah, Vol. 2, p. 476, Saeed bin Zaid, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2003) (al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra li ibn Sa‘d, Vol. 3, p. 292, 294, Saeed bin Zaid wa min Bani Asiyy bin Ka‘b bin Lu‘ayy, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1990) (Roshan Sitarey az Ghulam Bari Saif Sahib, Vol. 2, p. 155)

Hazrat Saeed’s (ra) sister, Atikah, was married to Hazrat Umar (ra) bin Khattab while Hazrat Umar’s (ra) sister, Fatima, was married to Hazrat Saeed (ra). She is that same sister who became a means of Hazrat Umar’s (ra) conversion to Islam.