[Machine] The people of Kufa complained to Umar about Sa'd. So he sent men to ask about him in Kufa. They would not visit any mosque of the people of Kufa except that they praised him and said good things about him, until they came to a mosque of the Bani Abess. A man named Abu Sa'dah stood up and said, "When you complained to us, he used to go out openly, not being discreet, not being fair in judgment, and not dividing with equality." Sa'd said, "O Allah, if he is lying, then blind him, make him poor, and expose him to trials." Abdul Malik said, "I saw him harassing slave girls in bars. When they asked him how he was, he would say, 'I am a blind, poor, and afflicted elderly man. I have received the supplication of Sa'd.'" Abu Al-Qasim said, "Abu Sa'dah is the grandfather of Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah."
أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْكُوفَةِ شَكَوْا سَعْدًا إِلَى عُمَرَ ؓ فَبَعَثَ رِجَالًا يَسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُ بِالْكُوفَةِ فَكَانُوا لَا يَأْتُونَ مَسْجِدًا مِنْ مَسَاجِدِ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ إِلَّا أَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهِ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا مَعْرُوفًا حَتَّى أَتَوْا مَسْجِدًا مِنْ مَسَاجِدِ بَنِي عَبْسٍ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو سَعْدَةَ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِذْ نَاشَدْتُمُونَا فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَسِيرُ بِالسَّرِيَّةِ وَلَا يَعْدِلُ فِي الْقَضِيَّةِ وَلَا يَقْسِمُ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ «اللهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ كَاذِبًا فَأَعْمِ بَصَرَهُ وَأَطِلْ فَقْرَهُ وَعَرِّضْهُ لِلْفِتَنِ» قَالَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَتَعَرَّضُ لِلْإِمَاءِ فِي السِّكَكِ فَإِذَا سَأَلُوهُ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ أَبَا سَعْدَةَ؟ فَيَقُولُ كَبِيرٌ ضَرِيرٌ فَقِيرٌ مَفْتُونٌ أَصَابَتْنِي دَعْوَةُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ «أَبُو سَعْدَةَ هُوَ جَدُّ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ»