Abū ʿUbaida ibn al-Jarrāh

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Shrine of Abu Ubaida in Pella in the Jordan Valley

Abū ʿUbaida ʿĀmir ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Jarrāh ( Arabic أبو عبيدة عامر بن عبد الله بن الجراح, DMG Abū ʿUbayda ʿĀmir b. ʿAbd Allaah b. al-Ǧarrāḥ ; † 638 ) was a companion of the Prophet Mohammed , who played an important role in the Islamic conquests . He belonged to the Quraishite clan of the Banū l-Hārith.

Together with Umar ibn al-Khattab , he played a decisive role in the declaration of Abu Bakr as the Prophet 's successor. After Umar himself had become caliph in 634 , he made him in the place of Chālid ibn al-Walīd commander in chief of the Muslim troops in Syria . The transfer of command, according to most Muslim traders, took place shortly after the conquest of Damascus (635) .

Abu Ubaida was one of the ten next to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, Umar ibn al-Chattab, Uthman ibn Affan , Ali ibn Abi Talib , Talha ibn Ubaidullah , az-Zubair ibn al-Awwam , Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas , Sa ' id ibn Zaid and ʿAbd ar-Rahmān ibn ʿ Auf , who were awarded the future admission to paradise during their lifetime.

literature

  • HAR Gibb: Article Abū ʿUbayda al-Djarrāḥ. In: The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition . Volume I, pp. 158b-159a.
  • Al Imam Al Hafiz Abdul Ghani Al Maqdisi: Short Biography of the Prophet & His Ten Companions. Darussalam 2004.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Klier: Ḫālid and ʿUmar: Source-critical examination of the historiography of the early Islamic period. Berlin 1998. pp. 161f.
personal data
SURNAME Abū ʿUbaida ibn al-Jarrāh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES أبو عبيدة عامر بن عبد الله بن الجراح (Arabic); Abu Ubaida ibn al-Jarrah; Abū ʿUbaida ʿĀmir ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Jarrāh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Companion of Muhammad (Sahaba)
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century or 7th century
DATE OF DEATH 638