Abū Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Asad, and Abū ʿUbaydah ibn al-Jarrāḥ, until they came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He presented Islam to them, explained its rulings, and they all embraced the faith in a single sitting. This occurred before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took up residence in the house of al-Arqam.

Abū ʿUbaydah was present at Badr, where he slew his own father. At Uḥud he fought with great courage; on that day he extracted the two metal rings of the helmet that had pierced the Prophet’s cheek ﷺ when a blow struck him. In doing so Abū ʿUbaydah lost his two front teeth, yet the beauty of his smile was enhanced by their absence, to the point that people said, “No broken tooth was ever seen that looked better than that of Abū ʿUbaydah.” (1)

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away and the Companions gathered at the Saqīfa of Banū Sāʿida, Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq said, “I am content to offer you one of these two men: ʿUmar or Abū ʿUbaydah.”

Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār stated, “The descendants of Abū ʿUbaydah and of all his brothers have died out. He was among those who migrated to Abyssinia.” The same was affirmed by Ibn Isḥāq and al-Wāqidī. (2)

I (the author) say: if he did in fact migrate there, he did not remain for long. (3)

Abū ʿUbaydah was counted among those who had gathered the Noble Qur’an by heart.

Mūsā ibn ʿUqba remarks in his Maghāzī: “The expedition of ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ is the campaign of Dhāt al-Salāsil (4), on the Syrian frontier. ʿAmr grew fearful of that sector and therefore asked the Messenger…"