Abu Muhairiz (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I said to a companion, Abu Jum'ah (may Allah be pleased with him): "Narrate to us a hadith that you heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." He said: "Yes, I will narrate to you a very excellent hadith. Once we ate the morning meal with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and with us was our leader Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Can there be anyone better than us? We embraced Islam with you and fought jihad with you.' But the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Yes, those people are better who will come after you and will believe in me without having seen me.'"