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Umar ibn al-Khattab[ a] ( Arabic: عُمَر بْن ٱلْخَطَّاب, romanized : ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb; c. 582/583 – 644 ), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634, when he succeeded Abu Bakr ( r. 632–634) as the second caliph, until his assassination in 644. Umar was a senior companion and father ...
Pact of Umar. Not to be confused with Umar's Assurance of safety to the people of Aelia, known as al-Uhda al-ʿUmariyya. The Pact of Umar (also known as the Covenant of Umar, Treaty of Umar or Laws of Umar; Arabic: شروط عمر or عهد عمر or عقد عمر) is a treaty between the Muslims and non-Muslims who were conquered by Umar ...
Sa'id ibn Zayd. Saʿīd ibn Zayd ( Arabic: سعيد ابن زيد; c. 593-671), also known by his kunya Abūʾl-Aʿwar, was a companion (Arabic: الصحابة) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a brother-in-law of Umar . Sa'id has been described as a tall, hairy, dark-skinned man.
Islam. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan ( Arabic: عُمَر بْن عَبْد الْعَزِيز بْن مَرْوَان, romanized : ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Marwān; c. 680 – February 720) was the eighth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 717 until his death in 720. He is credited to have instituted significant reforms to the Umayyad ...
Family tree of Umar. ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (c. 584 – 644), sometimes referred by Muslims as ʿUmar al-Fārūq ("the one who distinguishes between right and wrong"), was from the Banu Adi clan of the Quraysh tribe. He was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and became the second Caliph ( r. 634–644) following the death of Abu ...
Ubayd Allah's mother was a woman of the Khuza'a tribe who Umar later divorced; the historian al-Mada'ini (d. 843) holds that her name was Mulayka bint Jarwal and that she married the well-known Meccan genealogist Abu al-Jahm ibn Hudhayfa after her divorce from Umar, while al-Waqidi (d. 823) holds that her name was Umm Kulthum bint Jarwal.
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas. ʿUmar ibn Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas ( Arabic: عمر بن سعد; died 686) was a son of prophet Muhammad 's companion, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas. He was born in Medina and later moved to Kufa, which was founded by his father and stayed there until his death. He took orders from Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad. He was one of the leaders of the ...
Umar ibn al-Khattab was one of the earliest figures in the history of Islam. While Sunnis regard Umar ibn al-Khattab in high esteem and respect his place as one of the "Four Righteously Guided Caliphs", the Shia do not view him as a legitimate leader of the Ummah and believe that Umar and Abu Bakr conspired to usurp power from Ali.