Beik al-ʿAzm, at the conclusion of his entry on Abū ʿUbaydah—may Allah be pleased with him—in his book The Most Renowned Luminaries of Islam (pp. 521–524), under the heading “A Word on Graves,” writes:

“We do not, by this title, seek to investigate the history of graves such as sarcophagi, pyramids, and other vestiges of the earliest paganism. Rather, we wish to direct the reader’s thought to the disagreement among historians over the location of Abū ʿUbaydah’s grave, just as they disagree about the whereabouts of many graves of the eminent Companions who brought this vast empire to its knees, were adorned with exalted virtues, and reached heights of merit, generosity, piety, and righteousness unmatched by anyone before or after them.

“The historians have elaborated the accounts of those great men and have been meticulous in recording their monumental exploits in the conquest of kingdoms and lands, leaving no need in the soul for further detail—how excellently they served the ummah and the religion!

“When a reader pauses reflectively over this matter, he is at once seized with astonishment, at first glance, at the disappearance of the graves of those…"