The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume I — Page 175
VI - Commencement of Prophethood 175 especially given glad tidings of entrance into paradise from the blessed tongue of the Holy Prophet sa himself, and who were regarded his utmost intimate companions and advisors. 1 After these people, others who believed in the Holy Prophet sa in the very beginning were from the Quraish as well as from other tribes. The names of some of these are as follows: Abū ‘Ubaidah bin ‘Abdullāh bin Al-Jarrāḥ ra who conquered Syria in the time of Ḥaḍrat ‘ Umar ra. He was a man of exceedingly righteous and ascetic disposition, and was bestowed the title of Amīnul-Millah 2 by the Holy Prophet sa. Abū ‘Ubaidah ra was from the tribe Banū Khalaj of the Quraish who were, at times, referred to as Fihrī, being attributed to Fihr bin Mālik. The status and value of Ḥaḍrat Abū ‘Ubaidah ra in the eyes of Ḥaḍrat ‘Ā’ishah ra was so great that she would say, “If Abū ‘Ubaidah had been alive at the death of Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar ra , he would have been Caliph. ” Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr ra also held Abū ‘Ubaidah ra in high regard; thus, at the demise of the Holy Prophet ra , Ḥaḍrat Abū ‘Ubaidah ra was also among those who Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr ra held worthy of Caliphate. Ḥaḍrat Abū ‘Ubaidah ra is also among the ‘Asharah Mubashsharah. He was martyred in the reign of Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar ra due to a plague epidemic. Then was ‘ Ubaidah bin Al-Ḥārith ra who was from the Banū Muṭṭalib and was among the near relatives of the Holy Prophet sa. Abū Salamah bin ‘Abdul-Asad ra was the foster brother of the Holy Prophet sa and belonged to the Banū Makhzūm. After his death, the Holy Prophet sa was married to his widow, Ummi Salamah ra. There was Abū Ḥudhaifah bin ‘Utbah ra who was from the Banū Umaiyyah. His father, ‘ Utbah bin Rabī‘ah was among the chieftains of 1 * Al- Iṣābatu fī Tamīziṣ-Ṣaḥābah as follows: - Volume 2, p. 457, Ḥarfuz-Zaral-Maqūṭah (Zubair bin Al-Awwām) - Volume 3, p. 62, Ḥarfus-Sīn Al-Muhmalah (Sa‘d bin Abī Waqqāṣ) - Volume 4, p. 377, (‘Uthmān bin ‘Affān-Dhun-Nurain) - Volume 3, p. 430, Ḥarfuṭ-Ṭā’ Al-Muhmalah (Ṭalḥah bin ‘Ubaidillāh) - Volume 4, p. 290, Ḥarful-‘Ain Al-Muhmalah (‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin ‘Auf) * Usdul-Ghābah, Volume 3, p. 482, ‘Uthmān bin ‘Affān, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut (2003) * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Malik bin Hishām, pp. 189-191, Bābu Dhikri man Aslama minaṣ-Ṣaḥābati bi Da‘wati Abī Bakr ra , Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī, By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Al-Jarīr Ṭabarī, Volume 2, p. 227, Bābu Dhikril- Khabri ‘ammā kāna min Amri Nabiyyillāhi sa ‘inda Ibtidā’illāhi Ta‘ālā, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Muḥammad bin ‘Abdul-Bāqī Az- Zarqānī, Volume 1, pp. 457-458, Bābu Dhikri Awwalu man Āmana billāhi wa Rasūlihī sa , Dārul- Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 2 Faithful of the Religion (Publishers)