(Friday Sermon - February 8, 2019 )

Background and Participation in Battles

Hazrat As‘ad’s^(ra) father was Yazid bin al-Fakih and he belonged to the branch of Banu Zuraiq of the Ansar tribe of Khazraj. He participated alongside the Holy Prophet^(sa) in the battles of Badr and Uhud. Allama ibn Ishaq has recorded the name of Sa‘d bin Yazid, instead of As‘ad among the companions of Badr. There are various opinions regarding the name of As‘ad bin Yazid. Some have stated the following names: Sa‘d bin Zaid, Sa‘id bin al-Fakih and Sa‘d bin Yazid. (Al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 3, p. 445, As’ad bin Yazid^(ra), Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1990) (Usdul Ghaba, Vol. 2, p. 450, Sa’d bin al-Fakih^(ra), Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2003)