The words of Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah

Hisham narrates from his father that he said: Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab went to see Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him), and Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah was lying on his saddle, using a bag as a pillow. The narrator said: Sayyiduna Umar said to him: "Why do you not use these new things which your companions use?" Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Commander of the Faithful! This bed of mine also gives me enough sleep."

Thabit al-Bunani relates that Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) was the governor of Syria. He addressed the people and said: "O people, I am a man of Quraysh, and by Allah, I know of no red or black person better than me, who surpasses me because of fear of Allah, except that I would love to live a life like his."

It is narrated from Numran bin Mikhmar al-Rahbi; he said that Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) was moving along in the army and saying: "Beware! Many who keep their clothes white are defiling their religion. Beware! Many who honor their own selves are in fact humiliating them. Beware! Do new good deeds for your old evil deeds, for if one of you were to fill what lies between the heavens and the earth with evil and then do one good deed, this good deed would overcome his evil deeds, until it subdues them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I came to Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him), and he lodged me in a corner of his house, while his wife was in another corner, and there was a curtain between us. He would milk the she-camel, bring the vessel and place it in my hand. At this, a man from among the Tulaqa said to him: "Do you lodge this man in your house with your wife?" He said: "I consider this man completely chaste."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: "The heart of the believer is like a sparrow; at one time it is this way and at another time that way."