205 - Abu Dawud narrated to us, he said: Shu'bah narrated to us, he said: Simak ibn Harb informed me, he said: I heard Mus'ab ibn Sa'd, he said: "Four verses were revealed concerning my father. He said: My father said: I obtained a sword on the day of Badr, so I brought it to the Prophet (saw) and said: O Messenger of Allah, grant it to me as a gift. He said: 'Put it back from where you took it.' Then I returned to him and said: Shall I be left like one who has no use? So the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: 'Put it back from where you took it.' And this verse was revealed: {They ask you about the spoils of war (al-anfal)} [Al-Anfal: 1], and in the recitation of Abdullah it is like this: (They ask you
(51) the spoils of war) the entire verse.
He said: And the mother of Sa'd said: Has not Allah commanded obedience to parents? I will not eat any food, nor will I drink any drink until you disbelieve in Allah. So she abstained from food and drink until they began to pry her mouth open with a stick. Then there was revealed: {And We have enjoined upon man goodness to his parents. But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them} [Al-Ankabut: 8].
And a man from the Ansar prepared food, and he invited some people from the Muhajirun and some people from the Ansar. We ate and drank until we became intoxicated, then we began to boast. A man lifted the jawbone of a camel and struck Sa'd's nose with it, so Sa'd's nose was injured. That was before wine was forbidden. Then there was revealed: {O you who have believed, do not approach prayer while you are intoxicated} [An-Nisa: 43], and there was revealed: {Intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters, and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan} [Al-Ma'idah: 90] the entire verse.
And the Messenger of Allah (saw) entered upon Sa'd while he was ill, and he wanted to bequeath all of his wealth. He kept reducing it until it reached a third. He said: So people bequeath a third.