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...rsion of some of the most important figures of early Islam. Umar ibn al-Khattab — who would later become the second caliph and one of the m...
Umar ibn al-Khattab left his house one day in the sixth year of prophethood car...
...eptember 622 CE) — is the pivotal event in Islamic history. Umar ibn al-Khattab chose it as the anchor of the Islamic calendar not because ...
...all the people, for his voice is more resonant than yours.' Umar ibn al-Khattab arrived shortly after, having seen the same vision the same...
...ophet ﷺ himself after declining proposals from Abu Bakr and Umar ibn al-Khattab — two of the senior companions. When Ali came to ask for Fa...
...ﷺ wives to die after him, in 20 AH, during the caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab.
...cted from Mecca to Medina would be returned to the Quraysh. Umar ibn al-Khattab was furious; the Prophet ﷺ replied calmly: 'I am the servan...
...ated in the Quran itself, not merely hoped for or inferred. Umar ibn al-Khattab during his caliphate would ask, when news came of a compani...
...or upon the believing community had reached its completion. Umar ibn al-Khattab, asked about the day and time of its revelation, confirmed ...
... hand went limp in hers. The news shattered the community. Umar ibn al-Khattab drew his sword and refused to believe it, threatening anyon...
...e governor of al-Mada'in (Ctesiphon) under the caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab رضي الله عنه. He died in approximately 36 AH (c. 656 CE), h...
...but insisted the keys be handed only to the Caliph himself. Umar ibn al-Khattab made the journey personally from Medina to receive the keys...
Umar ibn al-Khattab was stabbed by Abu Lu'lu'ah Firuz, a Persian slave of al-Mu...
...lims — an arrangement that continued until the caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab. The conquest secured the northern flank of Medina, elimina...
... he would only surrender the keys to the Caliph himself, so Umar ibn al-Khattab travelled from Medina to accept the surrender in person. Um...
...by sea. Amr entered the city peacefully and wrote to Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab describing its vastness: 'I have taken a city of which I ca...
...the Crusader conquest and the earlier Muslim conquest under Umar ibn al-Khattab — which was entirely peaceful — became a powerful reference...
...aq for a time. Abu Bakr had already died by this point, and Umar ibn al-Khattab had to rebuild morale and reorganize the Iraq campaign.
...he Rashidun era, pushing into the Caucasus mountain passes. Umar ibn al-Khattab commissioned Suraqah ibn Amr to lead a campaign through Aze...
Umar's decade as caliph saw the greatest territorial expansion in Islamic history. He conquered the Sassanid Empire, took the Levant and Egypt from Byzantines,
The second Rightly-Guided Caliph, known as al-Faruq for distinguishing truth from falsehood.
...n and one of the first emigrants to Abyssinia. Appointed by Umar ibn al-Khattab as commander in Iraq, he founded the city of Basra in 14-15...
...or companion who served as governor and military commander. Umar ibn al-Khattab appointed him to lead the decisive Battle of Nihawand (21 A...
...panions would gather there secretly during the persecution. Umar ibn al-Khattab accepted Islam in this house.
A companion of the Ansar and a judge appointed by Umar ibn al-Khattab to Damascus. Known for his wisdom, piety, and asceticism. H...
An Ansari companion appointed by Umar ibn al-Khattab as governor of Hims (Emesa) in Syria. He was renowned for h...
An Ansari companion and Badr veteran, father-in-law of Umar ibn al-Khattab's son. He was martyred at Bi'r Ma'unah (4 AH). After his de...
Son of the Caliph 'Umar ibn al-Khattab and one of the most prolific Companion narrators with over ...
The great judge of Kufa, appointed by Umar ibn al-Khattab, who served as qadi for sixty years and left a profound leg...