Biography of Hazrat Abu Ubaidah Bin Jarrah?

This is a short profile of Hazrat Abu Ubaydah Radhiallah Anhu.

He was born 40 years before migration. (Waaqidi)

Name and Title:

· Aamir bin Abdullah

· He earned fame with this title Abu Ubaydah. Similarly, al-Jarrah was his paternal grandfather's name, which earned him fame with the name of Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah.

· He was given the title of Ameen-ul-Ummah by RasulullahSAWW himself.

Tribe:

· He was from the tribe of Quraish.

· His clan was Banu Fihr, last of the clans of Quraish, and it is at Fihr where his lineage meets Rasulullah'sSAWW descent.

Conversion to Islam:

· He converted on the advice of Hazrat AbubakrRA.

· As per a tradition, he was the eighth person to embrace Islam.

Services to Islam:

· He was one of the CompanionsRA who migrated twice.

· In the Battle of Badr, he did not take in account the relation he had with his father, and killed him as he was a pagan.

· In the Battle of Uhad, he pulled out metal rods of a helmet which had pierced into Holy Prophet'sSAWW body with his teeth which caused two of his teeth to break.

· He had a very enthusiastic participation in the battles of Khandaq and the siege of Banu Quraydhah.

· He was one of those people who signed on the document of the Treaty of Hudaibiyah as a witness to the Treaty.

· For defeating the army of Banu Qudha'aa, RasulullahSAWW despatched an army under him which included prominent SahabahRA such as Hazrat AbubakrRA and Hazrat UmarRA.

· He was asked to be the Khalifah of the Muslims by Hazrat AbubakrRA following the demise of RasulullahSAWW.

· He led the armies which conquered Syria and many other places.

· During Hazrat Umar'sRA Khilaafat, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Muslim armies at Syria, where he passes away due to plague.

What Rasulullah Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam said about Him?

· "For every Ummah, there is an Ameen (man of trust), and the Ameen of my Ummah is Abu UbaydahRA. (Bukhari, Muslim)

· "O Abu UbaydahRA! Allah has fed you and your army with an Anbar (a fish) from Jannah." (For reference, check Ashrah Mubashirah Nazar ba Nazar)

· "The young lad who has spared two of his teeth in the cause of Allah (at Uhad) shall enter Paradise." (Tabqaat Ibn Saeed)