Death of Sa'd ibn Khawlah in captivity in Makkah

Sa'd ibn Khawlah may Allah be pleased with him was an early Companion of the Muslims, from Banu Amir ibn Lu'ay of Quraysh. He migrated for the sake of Allah and witnessed Badr and what came after it, as mentioned in books on the Companions and biographies. His name became well known in hadith because of what the Prophet ﷺ said during the illness of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas in Makkah in the year of The Farewell Pilgrimage, when Sa'd feared that he would die in the land from which he had migrated. The Prophet ﷺ then made supplication, saying: «Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqās (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) came to visit me for an illness which became so hard to bear in the year of the Farewell Hajj. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, you can see the severity of the illness which I am experiencing. I have property and none will inherit me except a daughter. Shall I give two thirds of my property in charity?" The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'No.' I said: "Then shall I give one half, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: 'No.' Then I said: "So, (shall I give) one third?" The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(Give) one third, and one third is too much. Indeed, leaving your heirs rich is better than leaving them poor and begging from people. You never spend anything seeking thereby the pleasure of Allah but that you are rewarded for it, even what you place in the mouth of your wife." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, will I be left here in Makkah after my companions have departed for Madīnah?" He said: "If you are left behind and do good deeds whereby you seek Allah's pleasure, you will be raised a degree and your status will be elevated on account of them. Perhaps you will be left behind so that some people may benefit by you and others may be harmed by you. O Allah, complete for my Companions their Hijrah (immigration to Madīnah), and do not turn them back on their heels. The unfortunate one, however, is Sa‘d ibn Khawlah." The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) felt sorry for him, as he had died at Makkah. [HadeethEnc.com, api-v1]», and he also felt sorrow for Sa'd ibn Khawlah because he had died in Makkah, that is, in the land he had left as a مهاجر, and said: “But poor Sa'd ibn Khawlah.” This was not blame, but compassion, because the ideal state of the مهاجر is not to return and settle, or die, in the land he left for Allah's sake. So Sa'd ibn Khawlah remained an example of the مهاجر who was sincere in his Hijrah, and his name in hadith books became linked to the virtue of the Hijrah and to the Companions' sensitivity about returning to Makkah after being driven out of it for the sake of Allah. His mention is established in Sahih al-Bukhari within the hadith of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas about the bequest and illness in Makkah.