'Ubadah ibn as-Samit After the Prophet's death when Abu Bakr became caliph...

'Ubadah ibn as-Samit After the Prophet's death when Abu Bakr became caliph, at first Abu Sufyan showed opposition to him; for, he was loath to see as a ruler, a member of the lowest of the Quraysh tribes, whereas there existed members of the higher Quraysh tribes such as Banu Hashim and Banu Umayyah, both of them of the Musnad Ahmad 4/421: and Siffin of Nasr ibn Muzahim 246: In this source the names of Mu'awiyah and 'Amr ibn al-'As have been explicitly mentioned, and an-Nasayih al-kafiyah 9, al- La'ali' al-masnu'ah chapter of Manaqib sayir as-Sahabah 1/427.

al-'Iqd al-farid 3/345. Mu'awiyah summoned 'Ubadah and asked for his aid in the war with Imam 'Ali. When 'Ubadah came to Mu'awiyah's presence, he sat between him and 'Amr and quoted…