Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ عَنْ حَرْبِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ يَقُولُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ النُّقَبَاءَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ فَسَمَّى عُبَادَةَ فِيهِمْ.
English Translation
Abu Sa'id, the freedman of Banu Hashim, narrated to us, from Harb ibn Shaddad, who said: I heard Yahya ibn Abi Kathir say: It has reached me that the naqibs (leaders) numbered twelve, and he named Ubadah among them.