\nNarrated Jabir bin Samura:\n \n\nThe People of Kufa complained against Sa`d to `Umar and the latter dismissed him and appointed \n`Ammar as their chief . They lodged many complaints against Sa`d and even they alleged that he did \nnot pray properly. `Umar sent for him and said, "O Aba 'Is-haq! These people claim that you do not \npray properly." Abu 'Is-haq said, "By Allah, I used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of Allah's \nApostle and I never reduced anything of it. I used to prolong the first two rak`at of `Isha prayer and \nshorten the last two rak`at." `Umar said, "O Aba 'Is-haq, this was what I thought about you." And then \nhe sent one or more persons with him to Kufa so as to ask the people about him. So they went there \nand did not leave any mosque without asking about him. All the people praised him till they came to \nthe mosque of the tribe of Bani `Abs; one of the men called Usama bin Qatada with a surname of Aba \nSa`da stood up and said, "As you have put us under an oath; I am bound to tell you that Sa`d never \nwent himself with the army and never distributed (the war booty) equally and never did justice in legal \nverdicts." (On hearing it) Sa`d said, "I pray to Allah for three things: O Allah! If this slave of yours is \na liar and got up for showing off, give him a long life, increase his poverty and put him to trials." (And \nso it happened). Later on when that person was asked how he was, he used to reply that he was an old \nman in trial as the result of Sa`d's curse. `Abdul Malik, the sub narrator, said that he had seen him \nafterwards and his eyebrows were overhanging his eyes owing to old age and he used to tease and \nassault the small girls in the way.\n

\nNarrated Jabir bin Samura:\n \n\nThe People of Kufa complained against Sa`d to `Umar and the latter dismissed him and appointed \n`Ammar as their chief . They lodged many complaints against Sa`d and even they alleged that he did \nnot pray properly. `Umar sent for him and said, "O Aba 'Is-haq! These people claim that you do not \npray properly." Abu 'Is-haq said, "By Allah, I used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of Allah's \nApostle and I never reduced anything of it. I used to prolong the first two rak`at of `Isha prayer and \nshorten the last two rak`at." `Umar said, "O Aba 'Is-haq, this was what I thought about you." And then \nhe sent one or more persons with him to Kufa so as to ask the people about him. So they went there \nand did not leave any mosque without asking about him. All the people praised him till they came to \nthe mosque of the tribe of Bani `Abs; one of the men called Usama bin Qatada with a surname of Aba \nSa`da stood up and said, "As you have put us under an oath; I am bound to tell you that Sa`d never \nwent himself with the army and never distributed (the war booty) equally and never did justice in legal \nverdicts." (On hearing it) Sa`d said, "I pray to Allah for three things: O Allah! If this slave of yours is \na liar and got up for showing off, give him a long life, increase his poverty and put him to trials." (And \nso it happened). Later on when that person was asked how he was, he used to reply that he was an old \nman in trial as the result of Sa`d's curse. `Abdul Malik, the sub narrator, said that he had seen him \nafterwards and his eyebrows were overhanging his eyes owing to old age and he used to tease and \nassault the small girls in the way.\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ شَكَا أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ سَعْدًا إِلَى عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ فَعَزَلَهُ وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمَّارًا، فَشَكَوْا حَتَّى ذَكَرُوا أَنَّهُ لاَ يُحْسِنُ يُصَلِّي، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ إِنَّ هَؤُلاَءِ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّكَ لاَ تُحْسِنُ تُصَلِّي قَالَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ أَمَّا أَنَا وَاللَّهِ فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي بِهِمْ صَلاَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا أَخْرِمُ عَنْهَا، أُصَلِّي صَلاَةَ الْعِشَاءِ فَأَرْكُدُ فِي الأُولَيَيْنِ وَأُخِفُّ فِي الأُخْرَيَيْنِ‏.‏ قَالَ ذَاكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ يَا أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ‏.‏ فَأَرْسَلَ مَعَهُ رَجُلاً أَوْ رِجَالاً إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ، فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ أَهْلَ الْكُوفَةِ، وَلَمْ يَدَعْ مَسْجِدًا إِلاَّ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ، وَيُثْنُونَ مَعْرُوفًا، حَتَّى دَخَلَ مَسْجِدًا لِبَنِي عَبْسٍ، فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ قَتَادَةَ يُكْنَى أَبَا سَعْدَةَ قَالَ أَمَّا إِذْ نَشَدْتَنَا فَإِنَّ سَعْدًا كَانَ لاَ يَسِيرُ بِالسَّرِيَّةِ، وَلاَ يَقْسِمُ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ، وَلاَ يَعْدِلُ فِي الْقَضِيَّةِ‏.‏ قَالَ سَعْدٌ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لأَدْعُوَنَّ بِثَلاَثٍ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ عَبْدُكَ هَذَا كَاذِبًا، قَامَ رِيَاءً وَسُمْعَةً فَأَطِلْ عُمْرَهُ، وَأَطِلْ فَقْرَهُ، وَعَرِّضْهُ بِالْفِتَنِ، وَكَانَ بَعْدُ إِذَا سُئِلَ يَقُولُ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ مَفْتُونٌ، أَصَابَتْنِي دَعْوَةُ سَعْدٍ‏.‏ قَالَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدُ قَدْ سَقَطَ حَاجِبَاهُ عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ مِنَ الْكِبَرِ، وَإِنَّهُ لَيَتَعَرَّضُ لِلْجَوَارِي فِي الطُّرُقِ يَغْمِزُهُنَّ‏.‏