Life event · A few days after the Battle of Khandaq, Year 5 AH
Died of his wounds a few days after the Battle of Khandaq; it is narrated in Bukhari and Muslim that the Throne of the Most Merciful shook at his death.
~5 AH, a few days after the judgment of the Banu Qurayza · 5 AH
In brief
Sa'd ibn Mu'adh RA, chieftain of the Aws tribe of Madinah, was one of the most honoured companions of the Prophet ﷺ. During the Battle of Khandaq, an arrow struck him in the upper arm beside the neck. He prayed that, if the fighting with the Quraysh was over, Allah would take him as a martyr, but not before he had seen what became of the Banu Qurayza, a Jewish tribe of Madinah that had broken its treaty with the Muslims during the battle. He lay wounded in a hospital tent through the siege that followed. When it ended, the Prophet ﷺ made Sa'd the judge over the Banu Qurayza, and declared his verdict to be the judgment of Allah. Sa'd died soon afterwards, aged thirty-seven. The Prophet ﷺ said that the Throne of Allah shook at his death, and that angels who had never before come down to earth carried his body. At his burial in al-Baqi', the Prophet ﷺ taught that even Sa'd had felt the squeeze of the grave before being released. Years later, when the companions marvelled at a magnificent robe, the Prophet ﷺ told them that Sa'd's handkerchief in Paradise was finer still.
Outcome: Sa'd ibn Mu'adh RA was buried at al-Baqi'. He is the only person in the Seerah for whom the Prophet ﷺ ordered others to stand in greeting, and the one whose death, the Prophet ﷺ said, shook the Throne of Allah.
Sa'd was the leader of the Aws and the man the Prophet ﷺ trusted to judge the Banu Qurayza. He is one of the most honoured of all the companions. In the Prophet ﷺ's own words, he is the one at whose death the Throne of Allah shook.
Hiban ibn al-Ariqah's arrow at the trench was the wound Sa'd ibn Mu'adh RA died of a few weeks later.
Sa'd ibn Mu'adh RA was carried from his sickbed to pronounce judgment on the Banu Qurayza and died a few days after giving it.
Other events recorded in 5 AH. Their order within the year is not established; use the storyline above for the sequence.
Died of his wounds a few days after the Battle of Khandaq; it is narrated in Bukhari and Muslim that the Throne of the Most Merciful shook at his death.
The angels prayed the funeral prayer over Sa'd ibn Mu'adh, and carried his body up.
Why should it not be light? For verily, 70,000 angels have come down (they have never come down to this earth except for now) and they are carrying his body with you.
Said when the sahaba, carrying Sa'd ibn Mu'adh's body for burial, remarked that they had never carried anyone lighter.
Jazak'Allahu khayran from the leader of the people. You have fulfilled your promise to Allah, and Allah will fulfill His promise to you.
Subhan'Allah, subhan'Allah, subhan'Allah... Allahu'akbar.
Said as Sa'd ibn Mu'adh was placed in his grave; the Prophet ﷺ's face changed color out of sadness, and the whole of Baqi' echoed him.
This righteous servant (for whom the Throne of Allah shook, and the gates of heaven were opened, and who was witnessed by 70,000 angels who have never come down before) has now been squeezed in the grave and then set free. And if anyone were to have been freed from the squeezing of the grave, it would have been Sa'd ibn Mu'adh.
Said in answer to the sahaba's surprise at his shift from Subhan'Allah to Allahu Akbar.