Hazrat Abu Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah ra – The Nation’s Trustworthy Man,HAzrat Abu Ubaydah bin Jarrah,
He was a man of a noble character and deep faith. As so on as he heard about Islam, he was aware how mu chit was close to his ear and morals. Hence, he immediately Islam an d adopted it as a style of life. He was
the eighth per son to accept the Message of Islam. All hi s sacrifices for the sake of Islam were on ly for th e support of the believed in and not for promised dignity or embraced faith he power. Therefore, he rejected to hold the post of a Caliph when Abu Bakr in nominated him for the position . Even when he was offered by
‘Umar bin Al-Khattab ~ to lead an easy life while h e was the governor of Syria. He refused any distinction over other Muslim s. He was really a trustworthy man and all Mu slim generation s should follow his example. The Prophet Muhammad (S) publicly named ten men who he himself guaranteed would be in Paradise in the hereafter. One of these fortunate men was Abu ‘Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah (R). He was one of amongst who accept Islam in its early days in Makkah. He took part in the migrations to Ethiopia and Al-Madinah, for the sake of preserving his faith. He fought in all the major battles of Islam and spent most of his life as a soldier fighting for the cause of Islam. He even killed his own father in battle when his father vowed to slay him for accepting Islam. Praising his character, the Prophet(S) said Every Ummah has a trustworthy man; Abu ‘Ubaidah is the trustworthy man of this Ummah.
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