Hadith 38973

Chapter 7

باب 7

(7) باب فَضَائِلِ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ رضى الله تعالى عنه

(7) Chapter: The Virtues Of Abu 'Ubaidah Bin Al-Jarrah (RA)
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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 " هَذَا أَمِينُ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ " .

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 Holy Prophet) caught hold of the hand of Ubaida and said: He is a man of trust of this Umma.

Reference: Sahih Muslim 2419 b

In-book reference: Book 44, Hadith 83

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 31, Hadith 5948