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755. Narrated Jābir bin Samura: The people of Kūfa complained against Sa'd to
‘Umar رضي الله عنه and the latter dismissed him and appointed ‘Ammār as their chief. They lodged many complaints against Sa’d and even they alleged that he did not offer Ṣalāt (prayer) properly. ‘Umar sent for him and said, “O Abū Iṣhāq! These people claim that you do not offer Ṣalāt properly.” Abū Iṣhāq said, “By Allāh, I used to offer with them a Ṣalāt similar to that of Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ and I never reduced anything of it. I used to prolong the first two Rak’ā of Iṣhā prayer and shorten the last two Rak’ā.” ‘Umar said, “O Abū Iṣhāq, this was what I thought about you.” And then he sent one or more persons with him to Kūfa so as to ask the people about him. So, they went there and did not leave any mosque without asking about him. All the people praised him till they came to the mosque of the tribe of Banī ‘Abs; one of the men called Usāma bin Qatāda with surname of Abū Sa’dā stood up and said, “As you have put us under an oath; I am bound to tell you that Sa’d never went himself with the army and never distributed (the war booty) equally and never did justice in legal verdicts.” (On hearing it) Sa’d said, “I invoke Allāh for three things: O Allāh! If this slave of Yours is a liar and got up for showing off, give him a long life, increase his poverty and put him to trials.” (And so it happened). Later on when that person was asked how he was, he used to reply that he was an old man in trial as the result of Sa’d’s curse.
‘Abdul Mālik, the subnarrator, said that he had seen him afterwards and his eyebrows were overhanging his eyes owing to old age and he used to tease and assault the small girls on the roads.
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