Sa'd b. 'Ubada: Difference between revisions

The tiff between Sa'd and the government continued. It is narrated that 'Umar, during his regime told him to either pledge allegiance or to leave [[Medina]]. Hence, Sa'd left Medina and went towards Hawran in Damascus . There is disagreement regarding the manner of Sa'd's death amongst the Shia and Sunni schools of thought. The year of his death is stated to be [[11]] AH, [[14]] AH or [[15]] AH, out of which [[15]] AH seems more accurate.

Regarding his cause of death too, there is disagreement. One party believes that during the rule of 'Umar, Sa'd was invited to pledge allegiance to the caliph but he refused to do so and left intending to move to Hawran in Damascus and died on the way. Others believe that he was killed by the Jinn.  

Yet another group believes that 'Umar had instructed Khalid b. Walid and Muhammad b. Salamah Ansari to collect his allegiance in Damascus and when they faced opposition from him, each of them casted an arrow at him and killed him.