Hazrat Umar Faruq R.A

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaUmar ibn Al-Khattabعمر بن الخطاب Al-Faruq Companion of the Tomb Amir al-Muminin Rightly-Guided Caliph Ṣaḥābī, Martyr Commander of the Faithful The Distinguisher Between Truth and Error Companion of the Tomb One Promised ParadiseRashidun Caliphs Umar ibn Al-Khattāb - عُمر بن الخطّاب ثاني الخلفاء الراشدين.svg2nd Caliph of the Rashidun CaliphateReign 23 August 634 CE – 3 November 644 CEPredecessor Abu BakrSuccessor Uthman ibn AffanBorn 584Mecca, ArabiaDied November 3, 644 (aged 59–60) (26 Dhul-Hijjah 23 AH)[2]Medina, Arabia, Rashidun EmpireBurial Prophets Mosque, MedinaSpouse 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" (Abul-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 UmarFull name‘Umar ibn Al-KhaṭṭābArabic: عمر بن الخطاب‎Tribe Quraysh (Banu Adi)Father Khattab ibn NufaylMother Hantamah binti HishamUmarVenerated 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 bookUnder 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 lifeUmar 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 fathers 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 didnt 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]SOURCE INFO : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar :