Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (radiAllahu anhu)

A maternal cousin, of our beloved prophet ﷺ

To tell his story in a poem, such a tight fit

Of all the Sahaba, he is the one for me

That I see in myself, may Allah make it be

One of the first converts, he was seventeen

His mother made it tough, for she wasn't keen

He refused to give up, and things got so tense

Until finally his resolve, made her see sense

In Makkah, he was the first to fight & draw blood

Against the mushriks, when they were upto no good

Alongside the Prophet ﷺ, in Uhud he stood true

'May My mother & father be sacrificed for you'

A leader in war, the Persians at loss

If he made dua, always accepted it was

Founded & governed Kufa in the years to come

Of the Ten Promised Jannah, he was the last to be done