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Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah (RA)

أبو عبيدة بن الجراح

d. 18 AH (Plague of Amwas)

An early convert called by the Prophet ﷺ 'the trustworthy one (amin) of this ummah'. He commanded in Syria and died in the plague of Amwas in 18 AH.

Biography

Abu Ubaydah Amir ibn Abdullah of Banu al-Harith ibn Fihr accepted Islam through Abu Bakr. The Prophet ﷺ said 'Every nation has a trustworthy one, and the trustworthy one of this ummah is Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah' (Sahih Bukhari) and sent him to the people of Najran as such.

Umar appointed him commander in Syria in place of Khalid ibn al-Walid. When plague broke out at Amwas (18 AH), he refused to leave his troops and died of it (the episode of Umar turning back at Sargh is in Sahih Bukhari). Umar reportedly said that if Abu Ubaydah were alive he would have appointed him successor.

Sources & explanation

۞ Qur'an

No specific verses cited for this node.

📜 Hadith verified on sunnah.com

  • Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3747 Sahih (Darussalam)

    The Ten promised Paradise (al-'Ashara al-Mubashsharah) named in one hadith narrated by 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf.

  • Sahih al-Bukhari 3745 Sahih

    'Every nation has an amin (trustworthy one), and the amin of this Ummah is Abu 'Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah.'

💬 Explanation Unverified

Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's perspective

Methodological note (not a direct quote): Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's widely known approach is to build narratives primarily on the Quran and Sahih Hadith, to set aside Israiliyat (Judeo-Christian lore absorbed into later tafsir) and weak or fabricated narrations, and to avoid sectarian framing. Applied to this node: Sahih Bukhari's 'amin' hadith is the anchor.

Empires in their lifetime

Further references

  • Sahih Bukhari ('the amin of this ummah')
  • Sahih Bukhari (plague and Umar at Sargh)
  • Jami' al-Tirmidhi (hadith of the ten promised Paradise, Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf)
  • Sunan Abi Dawud (hadith of the ten, Sa'id ibn Zayd)

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