Sa'id ibn Zayd

Saīd bin Zaid
Abu-al-Aawar, Blessed Companion, Disciple of Muhammad
Born	c. 593–594 C.E. Mecca
Died	c. 671 C.E. (aged 78)
Venerated in	Islam
Influences	Muhammad

Sa'īd bin Zayd, (Arabic: سعيد بن زيد) (c.593-c.671), also known by his kunya Abu'l-Aawar, was a companion (Arabic: الصحابة‎‎) of the Prophet Muhammad.

He was the son of Zayd bin Amr, from the Adi clan of the Quraysh in Mecca, and of Fatima bint Baaja of the Khuza'a tribe. His father was murdered in 605.

Sa'id had over thirty children by at least eleven different women.

Sa'id is described as a tall, hairy, dark-skinned man.

Sa'id became a Muslim not later than 614. History records that he was a pious man who never did anything throughout his life against the teachings of Muhammad.

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. Apparently 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.

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