CONCLUSION
He is Umar ibn Al-Khattab ibn Nufayl. He was known as Abu Hafs and earned the nickname of Al Farooq (the Criterion) because he showed his Islam openly in Makkah and through him Allah distinguished between disbelief and faith. Besides, he was the first Caliph to be nominated as the “Prince of the Believers”. Umar was born in 583 AC, thirteen years after the year of the Elephant. He was very strong, not weak or puny. When he walked, he walked quickly, when he spoke, he spoke clearly, and when he stuck, he caused pain.
Umar became Muslim in Dhu al-Hijjah of the sixth year of the Prophet-hood, when he was twenty-seven years old. And when he decided migrate to Madinah, he insisted on doing so openly. Umar was most humble to Allah and led an austere life, his food was very coarse. Engraved on his ring was: “Death is sufficient as an admonition, O’ Umar”. Umar succeeded Abu Bakr as a second Caliph on August 23, 634 AD. Corresponding 22 of Jumad 2nd, 13 AH. Umar was an expert jurist and is best known for his justice, in the same way for Muslims and non-Muslims. He is the one who founded the Lunar Calendar (Hijri), and in his era Islam gained a great position.
He was granted martyrdom; it happened that Abu Lu’lu Al- Fayruz, the Magian, who had a roman origin, stabbed Umar
while he was in the dawn prayer (al-fajr) with a dagger of two blades. Soon his soul was taken. This happened on Wednesday 26-12- 23 AH, corresponding to 7th of November 644 AC. He was sixty-three years old and his era extended for ten years. God bless Umar Ibn Al-Khattab and be pleased with him.
Source: (The Series of: Men and Women Around Muhammad)
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