Hadith 2419
Anas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: For every Umma there is a man of trust and the man of trust of this Umma is Abu 'Ubaida bin Jarrah.
Hadith 2419
حَدَّثَنِي
عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ ، حَدَّثَنَا
عَفَّانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا
حَمَّادٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ
ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ
أَنَسٍ : " أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْيَمَنِ قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالُوا : ابْعَثْ مَعَنَا رَجُلًا يُعَلِّمْنَا السُّنَّةَ وَالْإِسْلَامَ ، قَالَ : فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ ، فَقَالَ : هَذَا أَمِينُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ " .
Anas reported that the people of Yemen came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said: Send with us a person who should teach us Sunnah and al-Islam, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) caught hold of the hand of Ubaida and said: He is a man of trust of this Umma.
Hadith 2420
حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ،
وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، وَاللَّفْظُ لِابْنِ الْمُثَنَّى ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
شُعْبَةُ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ
أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ
صِلَةَ بْنِ زُفَرَ ، عَنْ
حُذَيْفَةَ ، قَالَ : " جَاءَ أَهْلُ نَجْرَانَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، ابْعَثْ إِلَيْنَا رَجُلًا أَمِينًا ، فَقَالَ : لَأَبْعَثَنَّ إِلَيْكُمْ رَجُلًا أَمِينًا حَقَّ أَمِينٍ حَقَّ أَمِينٍ ، قَالَ : فَاسْتَشْرَفَ لَهَا النَّاسُ ، قَالَ : فَبَعَثَ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ " .
Hudhaifa reported that the people of Najran came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said: Allah's Messenger, send along with us a man of trust; whereupon he said: I would definitely send to you a man of trust, a man of trust in the true sense of the term. Thereupon his Companions looked up eagerly and he sent Abu Ubaida bin Jarrah.
Hadith 2420
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu Ishaq with the same chain of transmitters.