THE WISAAL SHAREEF OF

SAYYIDUNA UMAR IBN AL-KHATTAB (‫)ر ض هللا عنه‬

26TH DHUL HIJJAH
BORN
HE WAS BORN IN MAKKAH THIRTEEN YEARS AFTER AMUL-FIL (THE YEAR OF THE ELEPHANT).
HIS FATHER WAS AL-KHATTAB IBN NUFAYL. HIS MOTHER WAS HANTAMAH BINT HASHIM BIN AL MUGHEERAH

ACCEPTING ISLAM
HE WAS THE FORTIETH MAN TO EMBRACE ISLAM AND WAS TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OLD AT THE TIME.
HE ACCEPTED ISLAM THREE DAYS AFTER HAZRATH HAMZAH (‫)رضي هللا عنه‬

TITLE
HE WAS GIVEN THE TITLE “AL-FAROOQ” (THE ONE WHO DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN WRIGHT AND WRONG)
HE WAS AN EXPERT JURIST BEST KNOWN FOR HIS JUSTICE, IN THE SAME WAY FOR MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS

ASCETICISM
HE WAS MOST HUMBLE TO ALLAH‫ ﷻ‬AND LED AN AUSTERE LIFE. HIS FOOD WAS VERY COARSE AND HE WOULD PATCH
HIS CLOTHES WITH LEATHER. HE USED TO CARRY A WATER SKIN ON HIS SHOULDERS IN SPITE OF HIS GREAT ESTEEM.
ENGRAVED ON HIS RING WAS: “DEATH IS SUFFICIENT AS AN ADMONITION, O' UMAR”

THE QURAN
ON THREE OCCASSIONS, VERSES OF THE QURAN WERE REVEALED BASED ON HIS THOUGHTS

HIS WORDS OF WISDOM

• WHOEVER CONCEALED HIS SECRETS WILL HAVE THE CHOICE (OF TELLING WHOMEVER HE WANTS TO TELL), BUT
WHOEVER SPEAKS OR ACTS IN A SPECIOUS MANNER SHOULD NOT BLAME ANYONE WHO THINKS BADLY OF HIM.
• THERE IS NO BETTER REWARD FOR ONE WHO DISOBEYS ALLAH‫ ﷻ‬CONCERNING YOU THAT
YOUR OBEYING ALLAH‫ ﷻ‬CONCERNING HIM.
• YOU SHOULD SEEK SINCERE FRIENDS AND MAINTAIN GOOD RELATIONS WITH THEM, FOR THEY ARE
A PLEASURE AT TIMES OF EASE AND A SUPPORT AT TIMES OF HARDSHIP.

KHILAFAT
• FOUNDED THE LUNAR CALENDAR (HIJRI CALENDAR)
• ISLAMIC EMPIRE EXPANDED AT AN UNPRECEDENTED RATE RULING IRAQ, EGYPT, LIBYA, TRIPOLI, PERSIA,
KHURASSAN, EASTERN ANATOLIA, SOUTH ARMENIA AND SAJISTAN.
• FIRST TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST
THE OFFICERS OF THE STATE.
• JERUSALEM (FIRST QIBLAH) WAS CONQUERED DURING HIS REIGN ALONG WITH THE PERSIAN EMPIRE AND
TWO THIRDS OF THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE.

HIS MARTYRDOM
AFTER CONCLUDING HIS RITES OF HAJJ IN 23 HIJRI, HE PRAYED AND ASKED ALLAH‫ ﷻ‬TO GRANT HIM MARTYRDOM
IN THE LAND OF THE HOLY PROPHET‫ﷺ‬. HIS DUA WAS ACCEPTED AND ALLAH‫ ﷻ‬GRANTED HIM HIS WISH.
ABU LULU AL- FAYRUZ, THE MAGIAN(FIRE-WORSHIPER) OF ROMAN ORIGIN,
STABBED HIM WHILST HE WAS PERFORMING HIS FAJR SALAH WITH A DAGGER OF TWO BLADES.
ON 26 DHUL HIJJAH, 23AH HIS SOUL WAS TAKEN. HE WAS 63 YEARS OF AGE.
HE WAS BURIED ALONGSIDE THE HOLY PROPHET‫ ﷺ‬AND SAYYIDUNA ABU BAKR (‫ )رضي هللا عنه‬IN MASJID-E-NABAWI.
HIS KHILAFAT EXTENDED FOR 10 YEARS.

MAY ALLAH‫ ﷻ‬SHOWER HIS INFINITE MERCY UPON OUR MASTER‫ﷺ‬,

HIS FAMILY MEMBERS AND COMPANIONS ‫رضي هللا عنهم أجمعيي‬
AMEEN – YA RABBAL ALIMEEN