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Narrated Qais:I heard Sa`d saying, "I was the first amongst the 'Arabs who shot an arrow for Allah's Cause. We used to fight along with the Prophet, while we had nothing to eat except the leaves of trees so that one's excrete would look like the excrete balls of camel or a sheep, containing nothing to mix them together. Today Banu Asad tribe blame me for not having understood Islam. I would be a loser if my deeds were in vain." Those people complained about Sa`d to `Umar, claiming that he did not offer his prayers perfectly

حدثنا عمرو بن عون، حدثنا خالد بن عبد الله، عن اسماعيل، عن قيس، قال سمعت سعدا رضى الله عنه يقول اني لاول العرب رمى بسهم في سبيل الله، وكنا نغزو مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وما لنا طعام الا ورق الشجر، حتى ان احدنا ليضع كما يضع البعير او الشاة، ما له خلط، ثم اصبحت بنو اسد تعزرني على الاسلام، لقد خبت اذا وضل عملي. وكانوا وشوا به الى عمر، قالوا لا يحسن يصلي