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Umar ibn Al-Khattab

عمر بن الخطاب

Al-Faruq

Companion of the Tomb

Amir al-Mu'minin

Rightly-Guided Caliph

Ṣaḥābī, Martyr

Commander of the Faithful

The Distinguisher Between Truth and Error

Companion of the Tomb

One Promised Paradise

Rashidun Caliphs Umar ibn Al-Khattāb - عُمر بن الخطّاب ثاني الخلفاء الراشدين.svg

2nd Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate

Reign 23 August 634 CE – 3 November 644 CE

Predecessor Abu Bakr

Successor Uthman ibn Affan

Born 584

Mecca, Arabia

Died November 3, 644 (aged 59–60) (26 Dhul-Hijjah 23 AH)[2]

Medina, Arabia, Rashidun Empire

Burial Prophet's Mosque, Medina

Spouse

Zaynab bint Madhun

Umm Kulthum bint Jarwal

Qurayba bint Abi Umayya

Jamila bint Thabit

Atiqa bint Zayd

Umm Hakim bint al-Harith

Umm Kulthum bint Abu Bakr[3]

Issue

Abdullah ibn Umar

Abdulrahman "the Elder" ibn Umar

Zayd "the Younger" ibn Umar

Ubaydallah ibn Umar

Az-Zubayr "Abu Shahmah" ibn Bakkar

Asim ibn Umar

Abdulrahman "the Middle" (Abu'l-Mujabbar) ibn Umar

Iyaad ibn Umar

Abdulrahman "the Younger" ibn Umar

Zayd "the Elder" ibn Umar

Hafsa bint Umar

Fatima bint Umar

Ruqayya bint Umar

Zaynab bint Umar

Full name

‘Umar ibn Al-Khaṭṭāb

Arabic: عمر بن الخطاب‎

Tribe Quraysh (Banu Adi)

Father Khattab ibn Nufayl

Mother Hantamah binti Hisham

Umar

Venerated in All of Sunni Islam (Salafi Sunnis honor rather than venerate him).

Umar (/ˈuːmɑːr/), also spelled Omar (/ˈoʊmɑːr/; Arabic: عمر بن الخطاب‎ ʻUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb [ˈʕomɑr-, ˈʕʊmɑr ɪbn alxɑtˤˈtˤɑːb], "Umar, Son of Al-Khattab"; c. 584 CE – 3 November 644 CE), was one of the most powerful and influential Muslim caliphs in history.[4] He was a senior companion of the Prophet Muhammad. He succeeded Abu Bakr (632–634) as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate on 23 August 634. He was an expert Muslim jurist known for his pious and just nature, which earned him the epithet Al-Farooq ("the one who distinguishes (between right and wrong)"). He is sometimes referred to as Umar I by historians of Islam, since a later Umayyad caliph, Umar II, also bore that name.

History of Omar book

Under Umar, the caliphate expanded at an unprecedented rate, ruling the Sasanian Empire and more than two-thirds of the Byzantine Empire.[5] His attacks against the Sasanian Empire resulted in the conquest of Persia in less than two years (642–644). According to Jewish tradition, Umar set aside the Christian ban on Jews and allowed them into Jerusalem and to worship.[6] Umar was eventually killed by the Persian Piruz Nahavandi (known as ‘Abū-Lū‘lū‘ah in Arabic) in 644 CE.

Umar is revered in the Sunni tradition as a great ruler and paragon of Islamic virtues,[7] and some hadiths identify him as the second greatest of the Sahaba after Abu Bakr.[8][9] He is viewed negatively in the Shia tradition.

Early life

Umar was born in Mecca to the Banu Adi clan, which was responsible for arbitration among the tribes.[11] His father was Khattab ibn Nufayl and his mother was Hantama bint Hisham, from the tribe of Banu Makhzum. In his youth he used to tend to his father's camels in the plains near Mecca. His merchant father was famed for his intelligence among his tribe.[12] Umar himself said: "My father, Al-Khattab was a ruthless man. He used to make me work hard; if I didn't work he used to beat me and he used to work me to exhaustion."[13]

Despite literacy being uncommon in pre-Islamic Arabia, Umar learned to read and write in his youth. Though not a poet himself, he developed a love for poetry and literature.[14] According to the tradition of Quraish, while still in his teenage years, Umar learned martial arts, horse riding and wrestling. He was tall, physically powerful and a renowned wrestler.[14][15] He was also a gifted orator who succeeded his father as an arbitrator among the tribes.[16]

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