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أبو عبيدة بن الجراح

Abu 'Ubaydah (RA)

Abu 'Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah

Also known as: Abu Ubaidah, Amin al-Ummah

c. 40 BH – 18 AH · c. 583–639 CE

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The 'Trustee of this Ummah' and commander of the armies in Syria.

Abu 'Ubaydah was among the earliest Muslims and one of the Ten Promised Paradise. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Every nation has a trustee, and the trustee of this nation is Abu 'Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah.' At Uhud he pulled out with his teeth the rings of armour that had pierced the Prophet's cheek, losing his front teeth.

Under Abu Bakr and 'Umar he led the armies in Syria, and he was supreme commander after the Battle of Yarmuk. When the plague of 'Amwas struck, 'Umar asked him to come away, but he refused to abandon his soldiers. He died of the plague in 18 AH.

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Life journey

  1. c. 583 CE Makkah مكة
  2. 622 CE Madinah المدينة
  3. 634 CE Damascus دمشق
    Commander-in-chief of the Muslim armies in Syria.
  4. 639 CE 'Amwas (Emmaus) عمواس
    Died 639 CE · 18 AH
    Died in the plague of 'Amwas.

Places in their life

The Ka'bah in al-Masjid al-Haram, Makkah
The Ka'bah in al-Masjid al-Haram, Makkah
Photo: Adli Wahid (minor modifications by Basile Morin), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the Prophet's Mosque, Madinah
al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the Prophet's Mosque, Madinah
Photo: TheHadiRahim, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
The courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus
The courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

  • Sahih al-Bukhari (Book of the Virtues of the Companions)
  • Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabaqat al-Kubra
  • Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani, al-Isaba fi Tamyiz al-Sahaba
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.
Birth year approximate. He was based at al-Jabiya and Hims rather than Damascus itself; the map point is approximate.