Introduction

Hazrat Sa‘d bin Abi Waqas’ title was Abu Ishaq. His father’s name was Malik bin Uhaib, and according to other narrations was Malik bin Wuhaib. However, his father was more prominently known by his title of Abu Waqas, hence his name is Sa‘d bin Abi Waqas. His mother’s name was Hamna bint Sufyan.

(Al-Isti‘ab, Vol. 2, pp. 606-607, Dar-ul-Jeel, Beirut) (Al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra li ibn Sa‘d, Vol. 3, p. 101, Sa‘d (ra) bin Abi Waqas, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1990) Hazrat Sa‘d bin Abi Waqas(ra) belonged to the Banu Zuhrah from the Quraish. (Sirat Khatamun-Nabiyyin, Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra), p. 123) (Sirat ibn Hisham, Vol. 1, pp. 680-681, Min Bani Zuhrah, Maktabah Mustafa al-Babi wa al-Halabi wa Awladuhu, Egypt, 1955)