Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah

Abū ʿUbayda ibn al-Jarrāḥ, was a Muslim commander and one of the Companions of the Prophet. He is mostly known for being one of the ten to whom Paradise was promised. He was commander of a large section of the Rashidun Army during the time of the second Rashidun Caliph Umar and was on the list of Umar's appointed successors to the Caliphate, but died during the Plague of Amwas in 639, five years b…

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