Hazrat Abdullah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh

Apostate Scribe, Forgiven

Abdullah was once a scribe of revelation, then apostatized. At the conquest of Makkah, his foster brother Uthman رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Uthman ibn Affanرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُThird Caliph; Dhun-Nurayn; compiled the Qur'an into one codexKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun brought him to the Prophet ﷺ and interceded silently; after a long pause, the Prophet ﷺ accepted his repentance. 1 Seerat-e-Mustafa · Vol 3 · pp. 61–62 — Idris Kandhlawi — Abdullah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh forgiven on Uthman's intercession at the conquest of Makkah.

Conqueror of Egypt and North Africa

Under Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Umar ibn al-Khattabرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُSecond Caliph; al-Farooq, who expanded the Islamic stateKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun he served in the army, and under Uthman رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Uthman ibn Affanرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُThird Caliph; Dhun-Nurayn; compiled the Qur'an into one codexKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun he was made governor of Egypt. He led the conquest of Egypt-Alexandria a third time after it had fallen to the Romans, and conquered most of North Africa in 27/28 AH — each soldier of that victorious army received three thousand dinars of the booty. He also led the first naval expedition in Islam. 2 History of Islam · Vol 1 · pp. 386–387, 411 — Najeebabadi — Abdullah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh's conquests of Egypt and Africa; first naval expedition.

The Siege and After

He set out from Egypt to relieve Uthman رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Uthman ibn Affanرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُThird Caliph; Dhun-Nurayn; compiled the Qur'an into one codexKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun during the siege, but heard the news of his martyrdom in Palestine. Afterwards he refused bay’a to either Ali رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Ali ibn Abi Talibرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُFourth Caliph; cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet ﷺKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · People of Badr or Mu’awiya رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyanرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُA scribe of the revelation; long governor of SyriaNarrators of Hadith, and spent his last days in Asqalan, where he died praying. 3 Seerat-e-Mustafa · Vol 3 · pp. 61–62 — Idris Kandhlawi — refuses bay'a to Ali or Mu'awiya; dies praying in Asqalan.