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Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah, Trustee of the Ummah

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CompanionTrustee of the Ummah

Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrahأبو عبيدة بن الجراح

Approximate dateAmwas, Palestine

The man the Prophet ﷺ called the trustworthy one of this Ummah.

Abu Ubaydah became Muslim early and fought at Badr and Uhud, where he pulled two links of armour from the Prophet's cheek with his teeth. Umar gave him command in Syria, where he took Damascus and Jerusalem's surrender was arranged. When plague struck at Amwas he refused to leave his soldiers and died among them in 639.

What does the Quran say?

58:22

What does the hadith say?

Sahih al-Bukhari 3744

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

Amwas (Emmaus)Abu BakrUmar ibn al-KhattabUthman ibn AffanAli ibn Abi TalibTalhah ibn UbaydullahAl-Zubayr ibn al-AwwamAbd al-Rahman ibn AwfSa'd ibn Abi WaqqasSa'id ibn ZaydKhalid ibn al-WalidMu'adh ibn JabalByzantine EmpireRashidun CaliphateNajranDamascusYarmuk

Who lived at the same time?

Muhammad ﷺZayd ibn HarithaThe Three Who Stayed BehindKhosrow IIHeracliusAl-Numan ibn al-MundhirAl-MuqawqisJabalah ibn al-Ayham

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