{"id":22374,"date":"2024-10-21T10:06:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T08:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=22374"},"modified":"2026-01-13T11:28:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:28:02","slug":"rasulullah-sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam-practically-showing-to-the-ummah-the-esteemed-position-of-hazrat-abu-ubaidah-radhiyallahu-anhu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=22374","title":{"rendered":"Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) Practically Showing to the Ummah the Esteemed Position of Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) was once seated with Hazrat Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu), Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu), Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) and other Sahaabah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhum) when a drink was presented to Nabi (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam).<\/p>\n

Nabi (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) took the drink in his hand and offered it to Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) to drink first. However, Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu), out of respect for Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), did not wish to drink first and said to Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), \u201cO Nabi of Allah! You are more deserving to drink first.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nabi (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) then said to him, \u201cAbu Ubaidah, you drink (first).\u201d Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) then accepted the utensil from Nabi (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam).<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, before drinking, he once again, out of honour, love and respect for Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), said to Nabi (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), \u201cO Nabi of Allah! You take it (and drink first).\u201d Nabi (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) addressed him saying:<\/p>\n

\u0627\u0634\u0631\u0628 \u0641\u0625\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0631\u0643\u0629 \u0645\u0639 \u0623\u0643\u0627\u0628\u0631\u0646\u0627<\/p>\n

\u201c(O Abu Ubaidah!) You drink (first), as barakah (blessings) lies with our elders (i.e the ummah will receive barakah from Allah Ta\u2019ala by them showing respect to their elders and allowing them to do things first).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) thereafter mentioned:<\/p>\n

\u0641\u0645\u0646 \u0644\u0645 \u064a\u0631\u062d\u0645 \u0635\u063a\u064a\u0631\u0646\u0627 \u0648\u064a\u062c\u0644 \u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631\u0646\u0627 \u0641\u0644\u064a\u0633 \u0645\u0646\u0627<\/p>\n

“The person who does not show mercy to the young among us and does not <\/em>respect the seniors among us, then he is not from among us (i.e. he is not following our path – the path of the sunnah).”<\/p>\n

(Majma’uz Zawaaid #8264)<\/p>\n

N.B. It should be borne in mind that when interacting with one\u2019s seniors, the sunnah is that one show love and respect to them. The sign of showing love and respect to them is that one gives preference to them over oneself.<\/p>\n

It is for this reason that when Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) \u2013 the imam of all the Ambiya and Rasuls – presented the drink to Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) to drink first, he did not want to drink first, but twice requested Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) to drink before him, as Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) is the most worthy person to drink first.<\/p>\n

However, when Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) commanded him to drink first, then he immediately submitted, as obeying the command of Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) (or one\u2019s senior) will be given preference over one\u2019s desire of wanting to show respect to them, and this will be conforming to the sunnah in this situation.<\/p>\n

From this incident, we see that Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) wished to show the ummah the high, esteemed position of Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) so that they also respect him accordingly.<\/p>\n

One way for Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) to show the Sahaabah (and the ummah) the esteemed position of Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) was to verbally explain to them his virtue. This Rasulullah (sallalllahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) had done by mentioning to the ummah that Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (rdhiyallahu \u2018anhu) is the special trustee of this ummah.<\/p>\n

The second way for Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) to show the Sahaabah (and the ummah) the esteemed position of Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) was to practically demonstrate before them an action through which they will understand his honour and respect and thereby also show him honour and respect. Therefore, Rasullullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) requested him to drink first \u2013 to show the ummah his esteemed position and honour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) was once seated with Hazrat Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu), Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu), Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) and other Sahaabah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhum) when a drink was presented to Nabi (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam). Nabi (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) took the drink in his hand and offered it to Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (radhiyallahu …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,878,774],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-articles","category-hazrat-abu-ubaidah-bin-jarrah-radhiyallahu-anhu","category-sahaabah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22374"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22379,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22374\/revisions\/22379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}