| Biographical detail : | The historian, who was also the secretary of Al-Waqqidi.
Sa’ad’s full name, Abu Abdullah Mahammad Bin Sa'ad, was the author of Tabqat the first book of classified biographies, containing sketches of the lives of the Prophet (PBUH), the Companions and their successors (al tabiun) down to his own time.
Sa’ad was born at Basra, and he died in Baghdad. |