Abu Sa'id Sa`d ibn Malik ibn Sinan al-Khazraji al-Khudri was one of the younger Companions of the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عايه و سلم) and was an Ansari from the original inhabitants of al-Madinah. Too young to fight at Uhud in 625 where his father Malik ibn Sinan fell, he participated in subsequent campaigns. Although he traveled to Syria once to visit the Umayyad caliph Mu`awiyah, he otherwise resided in al-Madinah all his life. Later, he is said to have participated with his fellow Madinans in the defense of their city against the Umayyad army at the Battle of al-Harrah in 64/683. He is said variously to have died in 63/682, 64/683, 65/684, or 74/693.[1] Abu Sa`id is one of the narrators of hadith most frequently quoted. By one count, he has 1170 narrations, making him the seventh most prolific Companion in the transmission of the hadith.[2]
Shi'i Muslims do not automatically dismiss his narrations but compare what he narrates with other sources.
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The following quotations are from books of hadith. These books relate accounts taken from the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عايه و سلم), his family, and his companions. They were compiled by Islamic scholars after Muhammad's (صلى الله عايه و سلم) death. These quotations include information about those who related the accounts, as well as the accounts themselves.
Abu Sa`id al-Khudri and Abu Huraira reported that Muhammad (صلى الله عايه و سلم) said, "When any group of men remember Allah (سبحانه وتعالى), angels surround them and mercy covers them, tranquility descends upon them, and Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) Mentions them to those who are with Him." Narrated by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, al-Tirmidhi, Ahmad, Ibn Majah, and Al-Bayhaqi.
Abu Sa`id al-Khudri reported that the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عايه و سلم) said, "There is no gift better and wider than Ṣabr." from Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim
Abu Sa`id al-Khudri narrates the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عايه و سلم) said, "He who fasts for a day in the Path of Allah (سبحانه وتعالى), Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) will keep him away from Hell by a distance of seventy years of journey." from An-Nasa'i
Abu Sa`id al-Khudri narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عايه و سلم) said, "The lasting good deeds are: (the saying of) لا إله إلا الله La ilaha ilallah, سبحان الله Subhan Allah, الله أَكْبَر Allahu Akbar, الحمد لله Alhamdulillah, and لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah." related from An-Nasa'i
Abu Saeed al Khudri reported that he heard Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عايه و سلم) say, "While I was asleep, I dreamt that people are brought to me, all of them wearing shirts. Some of the shirts reached only up to the chest and some a little below the chest. Umar ibn al-Khattab was also brought to me. His shirt was so long that it trailed on the ground and he dragged it along as he walked." Some of the sahaba asked him its interpretation and he said, "Religion." from Sahih Bukhari and Muslim