Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال

Chapter 7.0

The Virtues Of Abu 'Ubaidah Bin Al-Jarrah (RA)

باب فَضَائِلِ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ رضى الله تعالى عنه ‏‏

4 hadiths

Sahih Muslim, 2419 asahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

8 transmitters

Narrated by Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybafromIsma'il bin Ibrahim - Ibn 'AliyafromKhalid bin Mahran al-Hadha'fromZuhayr bin HarbfromIsma'il bin Ibrahim - Ibn 'AliyafromKhalid bin Mahran al-Hadha'fromAbu Qalaba, 'Abdullah bin Zayd al-JarmifromAnas bin Malik

Hadith text · Matn

‏ إِنَّ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَمِينًا وَإِنَّ أَمِينَنَا أَيَّتُهَا الأُمَّةُ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ ‏

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English translation

Anas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

For every Umma there is a man of trust and the man of trust of this Umma is Abu 'Ubaida b. Jarrah.

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ أَنَسٌ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

Sahih Muslim, 2419 bsahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

5 transmitters

Narrated by 'Amr bin Muhammad bin Bukayr (al-Naqid)from'Affan bin MuslimfromHammad bin SalamafromThabit bin Aslam AlbananifromAnas bin Malik

Hadith text · Matn

‏ هَذَا أَمِينُ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ ‏

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English translation

Anas reported that the people of Yemen came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said:

Send with us a person who should teach us Sunnah and al-Islam, whereupon he (the Prophet) caught hold of the hand of Ubaida and said: He is a man of trust of this Umma.

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَلَمَةَ - عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْيَمَنِ، قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالُوا ابْعَثْ مَعَنَا رَجُلاً يُعَلِّمْنَا السُّنَّةَ وَالإِسْلاَمَ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ فَقَالَ ‏

Sahih Muslim, 2420 asahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

6 transmitters

Narrated by Muhammad bin al-Muthna - al-ZamanfromMuhammad bin Ja'far bin Abi KathirfromShu'bah bin al-HajjajfromAbu Ishaq al-Sabay'ai'fromSala bin Zufar al-AbsifromHudhayfah ibn al-Yaman

Hadith text · Matn

‏ لأَبْعَثَنَّ إِلَيْكُمْ رَجُلاً أَمِينًا حَقَّ أَمِينٍ حَقَّ أَمِينٍ ‏

‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَاسْتَشْرَفَ لَهَا النَّاسُ - قَالَ - فَبَعَثَ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ ‏.‏

English translation

Hudhaifa reported that the people of Najran came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , send along with us a man of trust; whereupon he said: I would definitely send to you a man of trust, a man of trust in the true sense of the term. Thereupon his Companions looked up eagerly and he sent Abu Ubaida b. Jarrah.

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَابْنُ، بَشَّارٍ - وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ الْمُثَنَّى - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ، بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ صِلَةَ بْنِ زُفَرَ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ، قَالَ جَاءَ أَهْلُ نَجْرَانَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ابْعَثْ إِلَيْنَا رَجُلاً أَمِينًا ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏

Sahih Muslim, 2420 bsahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

3 transmitters

Narrated by Ishaq bin Ibrahim bin Muhammadfrom'Umar bin Sa'd bin 'UbaidfromSufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri

Hadith text · Matn

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ ‏.‏

English translation

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu Ishaq with the same chain of transmitters.