Status in the eyes of Hazrat Aisha (ra) (Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad Sahib's (ra) Narration)
In Sirat Khatamun-Nabiyyin [The Life and Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa)], Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad Sahib (ra) states:
“The status and value of Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (ra) in the eyes of Hazrat Aisha (ra) was so great that she would say, ‘If Abu Ubaidah had been alive at the demise of Hazrat Umar (ra), he would have been the Caliph.’”
(Sirat Khatamun-Nabiyyin, Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra), p. 123)