I entered upon Anas bin Malik, and he asked me, "Who are you?"I replied, "I am Waqid bin Amr bin Saad bin Muaz."He said, "You truly resemble Saad." Then he wept, and wept a great deal, saying, "May Allah's mercy be upon Saad. He was among the greatest of men and the tallest of them."Then he said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent an army to Ukaydir of Dumah, and Ukaydir sent the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a robe of brocade interwoven with gold. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ put it on, then stood upon the pulpit, or sat down, and did not speak. Then he descended, and the people began touching the robe and looking at it.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "Are you amazed by this?"They said, "We have never seen a garment finer than it."The Prophet ﷺ said, "The handkerchiefs of Saad bin Muaz in Paradise are finer than what you see."
دخلت على أنس بن مالك فقال لي: من أنت؟ قلت: أنا واقد بن عمرو بن سعد بن معاذ. قال: إنك بسعد أشبه، ثم بكى وأكثر البكاء، فقال: رحمة الله على سعد، كان من أعظم الناس وأطولهم، ثم قال: بعث رسول الله ﷺ جيشا إلى أكيدر دومة، فأرسل إلى رسول الله ﷺ بجبة من ديباج منسوج فيه الذهب، فلبسها رسول الله ﷺ، فقام على المنبر، أو جلس، فلم يتكلم، ثم نزل فجعل الناس يلمسون الجبة، وينظرون إليها، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: أتعجبون منها؟ قالوا: ما رأينا ثوبا قط أحسن منه، فقال النبى ﷺ: لمناديل سعد بن معاذ في الجنة أحسن مما ترون.
Narrated by Ahmad (12223), Tirmidhi (1723), and Ibn Hibban (7037), all of them from the hadith of Muhammad bin Amr, who said, Waqid bin Amr bin Saad bin Muaz informed me. Muhammad said, Waqid was one of the most handsome, most impressive, and tallest of people. He said, I went in to see Anas bin Malik, and he then mentioned it. The wording is Ahmad's.Its chain is hasan because of Muhammad bin Amr, who is Ibn Alqama Laythi, for his hadith is hasan. Tirmidhi said, "This hadith is hasan sahih."Ukaydir is the diminutive of Akdar, and he is Ukaydir bin Abdul-Malik bin Abdul-Jinn (with a jim and nun), who was a Christian. He was the ruler of Duma (with a damma), a town between Hijaz and Sham, which is Dumat Jandal, a city near Tabuk. The Prophet ﷺ had sent Khalid bin Walid to him in a raiding expedition, and he was captured and brought to Madinah. The Prophet ﷺ made a settlement with him for jizya and released him, and he returned to his lands as a Christian. Whoever said that he embraced Islam was mistaken.