Bashīr b. Saʿd, Abū Nuʿmān (d. 12/633), a member of the Banū Mālik clan of Khazraj, was a Companion of the Prophet Muḥammad, from the Anṣār (the ‘Helpers’) (Ibn Hishām, 2/101; Khalīfa, 1/210–211; Ibn Haẓm, 363–364). Bashīr pledged allegiance to the Prophet at the second pledge of ʿAqaba along with a group from Yathrib (Medina) (Ibn Hishām, 2/101; al-Balādhurī, Ansāb, 1/244, Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, 1/172). He took part in various battles, including Badr and Uḥud (Ibn Hishām, 2/368; Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, 1/172; Ibn al-Athīr, 1/195).

Bashīr b. Saʿd was despatched by the Prophet as leader of …