Umayr ibn Sa'd al-Ansari

Umayr ibn Sa'd al-Ansari (wafat ca. 20 AH) adalah seorang Sahabat of Nabi ﷺ from the Ansar dikenal karena an act of moral courage in masa mudanya and his subsequent career as an administrator under Umar ibn al-Khattab. He grew up in a household connected to Julas ibn Suwayd, a hypocrite who memiliki made a statement disparaging the kaum Muslimin during the Tabuk campaign — a statement that Umayr, meskipun masa mudanya and the difficulty of reporting his stepfather, brought to Nabi ﷺ.

His willingness to report the hypocrite's statement, which adalah confirmed by revelation, showed a character that prized loyalty to Allah and His Messenger above family loyalty — a quality Nabi ﷺ praised. Julas ibn Suwayd publicly denied making the statement, but revelation confirmed Umayr's account and Julas akhirnya admitted it and sought repentance.

He grew up to serve as a reliable administrator. Umar ibn al-Khattab appointed him governor of Hims (Emesa) in Suriah, one of the major cities of Levant. His governorship adalah dikenal karena simplicity, justice, and avoidance of the trappings of worldly power. When Umar asked about his taxes and administrative accounts, Umayr reportedly told him he memiliki nothing to report — he memiliki lived on whatever came to hand and distributed everything else.

He wafat sekitar 20 AH during or after his tenure in Suriah, dikenang sebagai one of the honest and uncorrupted administrators of the early khalifahate — a model of what Islamic governance adalah intended to look like.