According to legend, on his journey his vessel capsized in a storm and he had to continue his journey by drifting on a plank till he reached
Amini in AH 41 (663 AD). He started his act of preaching from Amini and was able to convert the Pondambelli family despite the initial linguistic challenges. After facing opposition there he left Amini with some of his new Muslim fellows and moved to
Andrott where he got significantly high conversions. He then went to
Kavaratti and
Agatti, preaching there and then came back to Amini. This time unlike his first arrival in Amini, he was welcomed and via his preaching could successfully influence and convert almost the whole of population to Islam. At last stage of his life, he travelled to Andrott where he lived the rest of his life preaching and teaching. Ubaidullah never went back to his home land of Hijaz and devoted his life for
dawah. Sheikh Ubaidullah advanced Islam in
Lakshadweep (now in India) Islands by delivering sermons before the islanders. == Death and legacy ==