Abu Sa'id al-Khudri

Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, whose real name was Saʿd ibn Mālik ibn Sinān al-Anṣārī al-Khazrajī, was one of the most prolific narrators of Ḥadīth among all the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ. 'Al-Khudrī' is a nisba derived from his ancestral clan Banū Khudrah within the Khazraj.

At the Battle of Uḥud (3 AH), he was sent back by the Prophet ﷺ for being under the minimum age of fifteen, along with ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar, Zayd ibn Thābit, Usāmah ibn Zayd, and Zayd ibn Arqam. His father, Mālik ibn Sinān, participated in the battle and was martyred at Uḥud.

Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī remained one of the most active Companions throughout the Prophet's ﷺ lifetime and after. He is particularly noted for his detailed transmissions of the Prophet's sermons, rulings on prayer and purification, and eschatological descriptions of the Day of Judgment. He died approximately in 74 AH in Madinah.