A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ He was the image of dignity and grace; a handsome, pleasant, well-spoken man with a tall, slim physique and bright, sharp eyes.   These were the physical good looks of a man whom the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) said, “Every ummah has a trustee; the trustee of my ummah is Abu ‘Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah.”   Sayyidina Abu ‘Ubaydah was the kunya of Sayyidina ‘Aamir ibn ‘Abdullah ibn al-Jarrah ( r.a. ).   He was one of the ten swahabah Promised Paradise.   He remained commander of a large section of the Muslim armies during the time of the Caliphate of Sayyidina Abu Hafsw ‘Umar ibn al-Khaththab al-Faruq ( r.a. ), and was on the list of Sayyidina ‘Umar’s ( r.a. ) appointed successors to the Caliphate.   By character and nature, he was very humble and modest.   Amongst his friends, he was gentle and soft as silk.   When it came to war, he was as hard as iron.   During the battle of Uhud, he lost his two front teeth. ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The Prophet Muhammad ( s.a.w. ) dispatched an expedition of three hundred men towards the seashore, under the command of Sayyidina Abu ‘Ubaydah ‘Aamir ibn ‘Abdullah ibn al-Jarrah ( r.a. ) in 8 AH.   He gave them a bag full of dates for their rations.   They had been hardly out for fifteen days when they ran short of rations.   In order to provide the contingent with food, Sayyidina Qays ibn Sa’d al-Answari ( r.a. ) began buying three camels daily from his own men, to feed the expedition, with a promise to pay on return to Madina.   The ‘amir , seeing that the slaughter of camels would deprive the party of their only means of transport, prohibited him to do so.   He collected the dates that had been left with each person, and stored them in a bag.   He would issue one date to each man as his daily ration.   When Sayyidina Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah al-Answari ( r.a. ) later on narrated this story to the people, one of ...