Farooq-e-Azam- Hazrat Umar Ibn e Khatab(ra)

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In the early days of islam…once prophet muhammad(pbuh) went into the kaaba …took its ghilaf(the cloth on the kaaba) in his hands…turned his face up…and prayed that…

O the merciful of all…O mighty Allah … strenghten islam with the Umar bin Al-Hasham(Abu Jahal) or Umar bin Al-Khattab (Farooq)…

and Allah accepted this request of his beloved prophet(pbuh) … as a result…islam received …that gem…whose parallel is never to seen in the whole human history…

which is ranked at **52 **in Michael Hart famous " The 100 " …only two from whole islamic history…

and many great western historians unanimously of the view that if muslims could produce only one umar more…the whole world would be muslim…

When umar went to convert to islam…to Safa …They said, “Who is it?” I said, “Ibn al-Khattab.” They knew my severity against the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, so nobody moved to open the door until he said, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, "Open it for him." They opened it for me, two men grabbed hold of me by the upper arms and brought me to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said, “Leave him alone.” Then he grabbed me by my shirt and dragged me forcibly towards him and said, “Accept Islam, Ibn al-Khattab. O Allah guide him,” and I bore witness and the

           **Muslims said, "Allahu Akbar!" so loudly that it was heard in the valleys of Makkah ****.......**
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thankyou amber ...:)

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The man who vanished the 2500 yeras super power of Persia from the face of earth…the man who shattered the Roman Eastern Empire …the second supreme power in few years…the man who was all in all of 25 lakhs Sq. miles…and the man from which kings trembled and shivvered …with fear and terror…

and see …this man…how he spent his life…

*** Anas said: I saw between 'Umar’s shoulder-blades, four patches in his shirt.**

*** Abu 'Uthman an-Nahdi said: I saw 'Umar wearing a waist-wrapper patched with leather. **

*Abdullah ibn 'Amir ibn Rabi’ah said: I performed the Hajj with 'Umar and he did not pitch a tent of goat’s hair nor of wool. He used to throw the upper part of his ihram and his leather mat over a bush and seek shelter underneath it.

*Abdullah ibn 'Isa said: There were two dark furrows in 'Umar’s face from his weeping.

***Al-Hasan said: 'Umar used to pass by an ayah in his wird (daily portion set aside to recite) and he would fall down (in a faint) until he revived after some days. **

*** Anas said: I entered a walled garden and heard 'Umar saying, while there was a wall between us, ''Umar ibn al-Khattab, Amir al-Muminin. Well done! Well done! By Allah, you will fear Allah, Ibn al-Khattab or Allah will punish you.**

***** Abdullah ibn 'Amir ibn Rabi’ah said: I saw 'Umar take up a straw from the ground and say, 'I wish I was this straw. I wish I was nothing. I wish that my mother had not given birth to me.

*Abdullah ibn 'Umar ibn Hafs said: 'Umar carried a skin full of water upon his neck. Someone spoke to him about that and he said, 'My self was filling me with conceit and I wished to humble it.

*Muhammad ibn Sirin said: An in-law of 'Umar’s came to see him and asked him to give him something from the bait al-mal and 'Umar refused him and said, ‘Do you want me to meet Allah as a treacherous King?’ Then he gave him from his own property ten thousand dirhams.

*** Anas said: 'Umar’s stomach rumbled from eating olive oil the year of the droughthe had forbidden himself clarified butterand he tapped on his stomach with his finger and said, 'There is nothing else for us, until the people have the means of living.**

*Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab said, 'The person I like most is the one who points out to me my defects.

*Ibn 'Umar said: I never saw 'Umar become angry, and then Allah was mentioned in his presence or he was made to fear, or a person would recite an ayah from the Qur’an in his presence, but that he stopped short of what he meant to do

*** Bilal said to Aslam, 'How do you find ‘Umar?’ He said, ‘The best of people, except that when he becomes angry it is a mighty matter.’ Bilal said, 'If I was with him when he became angry, I would recite Qur’an to him until his anger went**

*** Al-Ahwas ibn Hakim said, narrating from his father: 'Umar was brought meat dressed with clarified butter and he refused to eat the two of them. He said, ‘Both of them are seasonings.’ All of the aforegoing are from Ibn Sa’d.**

*** Al-Hasan said: 'Umar said, 'It is an easy thing by which I put right a people, that I exchange them an amir in place of an amir**

*** Zirr said: I went out with the people of Madinah on the day of 'Eid and I saw 'Umar walking barefoot, an old man, balding, of a tawny colour, left-handed, tall, towering over people as if he were on a riding beast. Al-Waqidi said: It is not known among us that 'Umar was tawny, unless he saw him in the year of the drought, because his colour changed when he ate olive oil.**

*** Ubaydah ibn 'Umayr said: 'Umar used to overtop the people in height**

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Great Post Indeed brother!

Nodoubt after the Prophet (PBUH) and Hazrat Abu Bakr (RZA) he was the best man on the face of earth, he proved it with not his words but by his actions. Muslilm not only defeated the two super powers of that time but implemented a great system in the conqured areas. All in the great leadership of Hazrat Omer (RZA). one of my chirstian friend asked me, why some muslims (Shia he meant) hate him. and then answered himself is that because they want to de-grade him?

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^^ exactly..... he is really unparalleld....

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Great post

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  • Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, said:

The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘While I was asleep I saw myself in the Garden, and there was a woman performing wudu’ beside a palace. I said, “Whose is this palace?” They said, “It belongs to 'Umar.” Then I remembered your jealousy and turned away.’ 'Umar wept and said, ‘Could I be jealous of you, Messenger of Allah?’

***Ibn 'Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,

'While I was asleep I drank meaning milk until I saw satiation flowing in my nails, and then I passed it to 'Umar.They said, ‘How did you interpret it, Messenger of Allah?’ He said, 'Knowledge.**

***Abu Sa’id al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, said: I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying,

'While I was sleeping I saw people being shown to me and they had shirts on. Some of them reached to the breast, and some of them reached lower than that. ‘Umar was shown to me and he had on a shirt which he was dragging along.’ They said, ‘How did you interpret it, Messenger of Allah?’ He said, ‘The deen.’**

Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Ibn al-Khattab, by Him in Whose hand is my self, the shaytan never met you travelling on a road but that he would travel on a road other than your road.**

*Abu Hurairah said:
The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'There were in the nations before you people who were inspired, and if there is one in my ummah it is 'Umar.

**Ibn 'Umar related that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,

'Allah has put the truth upon 'Umar’s tongue and (in) his heart.**

*Ibn 'Umar said: No affair ever happened among people and they spoke about it and 'Umar spoke about it but that the Qur’an was revealed confirming what 'Umar said.

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  • **Uqbah ibn 'Amir said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, said,

'If there were to be a prophet after me it would be ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab.’ This hadith has been narrated by Abu Sa’id al-Khudri, 'Ismah ibn Malik and Ibn 'Umar.**

***A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,

'I am looking at the shaytans of the Jinn and men who have fled from 'Umar**
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*Ubayy ibn Ka’b said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The first one whom the Truth will shake hands with is 'Umar, the first He will greet (with the greeting of peace), and the first He will take by the hand and enter into the Garden.

***“”“”“”“”“”" Abu Dharr Ghaffari “”“”“”""said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,

'Truly Allah has placed the truth upon the tongue of 'Umar, it speaks by him (or he speaks by it)**

***Ibn 'Umar said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,

'‘Umar is the lamp of the people of the Garden.’ This hadith was narrated by Abu Hurairah and As-Sa’b ibn Juththamah**

*** Uthman ibn Madh’un said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘This one is the lock upon the fitnah (sedition and trials),’ and he indicated 'Umar with his hand. 'There will remain a door strongly locked between you and the fitnah as long as this one lives among you**

***Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with both him and his father, said:

Jibril came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, 'Greet 'Umar with the greeting of peace and inform him that his anger is might and his good pleasure is judgement**.

*** A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The shaytan is afraid of 'Umar**

  • **Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with both of them (i.e. Ibn 'Abbas and his father 'Abbas), said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,

'There is no angel in the heaven that does not respect 'Umar, and no shaytan on the earth but that he is afraid of 'Umar**

*Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Allah glories in the people of 'Arafah generally and He glories in ‘Umar particularly.’ It has been narrated in a hadith of Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both.

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*Al-Fadl ibn 'Abbas said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The truth, after me, is with 'Umar wherever he is.

*Ibn 'Umar and Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with both of them, said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'While I was asleep I saw myself at a well upon which was a bucket, so I drew from it as long as Allah willed. Then later Abu Bakr took it and drew a full bucket or two, and in his drawing there was some weakness, and Allah will forgive him. Then 'Umar ibn al-Khattab came and drew water and it became transformed in his hand into a large bucket, and I have not seen a chief of the people do wonderful deeds such as he did, until the people had satisfied their thirst and settled down (there by the water)…

*The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The shaytan has not met ‘Umar since he accepted Islam but that he fell upon his face.’ This hadith has been narrated also by Sadisah from Hafsah.

*Ubayy ibn Ka’b said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Jibril said to me, "Let Islam weep over the death of 'Umar …

Abu Sa’id al-Khudri said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Whoever is angry with 'Umar is angry with me. Whoever loves 'Umar loves me. Allah glories in the people on the evening of 'Arafah generally, and He glories in 'Umar particularly. Allah has not sent a prophet except that he put among his ummah an inspired man and if there is one such in my ummah then it is ‘Umar.’ They said, ‘Prophet of Allah, how inspired?’ He said, ‘The angels speak by his tongue.’ …

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  • There is not on the face of the earth a man more beloved to me than 'Umar.
    (Abu bakr)

  • Someone said to Abu Bakr during his (last) illness, 'What will you say to your Lord, when you have appointed 'Umar?' He said, 'I will say to Him, "I have appointed over them the best of them

    (Abu Bakr)

**When the right-acting ones are mentioned then begin with 'Umar. We did not think it unlikely that as-Sakinah (the Divine Presence) spoke with the tongue of 'Umar.*
( Ali , the lion of God)

**I have never seen anyone after the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, from the time he died, more perceptive and more liberally generous than 'Umar.*
(Ibne Umar)

**Even if the knowledge of 'Umar were to be put in one scale of a balance and the knowledge of every living being on the earth were put in the other scale, the knowledge of 'Umar would outweigh their knowledge. They used to hold the view that he had gone (i.e. died) with nine-tenths of knowledge.*
(Abdullah Ibne Masood)

**It is as if the knowledge of mankind was concealed in the understanding of 'Umar.*
(Hudhayfah)

**By Allah, I do not know a man whom the blame of the one who blames, for the sake of Allah, does not overcome, except for 'Umar.*
(Hudhayfah)

*** Umar'He was, by Allah, skilful in managing affairs, absolutely unique**
(Aisha)

**As for Abu Bakr, he did not want the world and it did not want him. As for 'Umar, the world wanted him but he did not want it. As for us, we have rolled over in it (like an animal in the dust).*
(Muaviyyah)

**Ali entered upon 'Umarand he was shroudedand said, 'The mercy of Allah upon you! There is no-one I would prefer to meet Allah with that which is in his page (the record of his actions), after the companionship of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, than this shrouded one.*
(Jabir bin Abdullah)

*** When the right-acting ones are remembered, then begin with 'Umar. Truly 'Umar was the most knowledgeable of us of the Book of Allah, and the most understanding (literally: having the most fiqh) of us of the deen of Allah, exalted is He.**
*(Abdullah ibne Masood) *

Abu Bakr was the good, all of it.' *
**Umar was like the apprehensive bird which thinks that on every path there is a snare to catch it.
Ali and he said, 'He was full of resolve, sound judgement, knowledge and valour....
(Abdullah ibne Abbas)

*** Umar ibn al-Khattab said to Ka'b al-Ahbar, 'How do you find my description?' He said, 'I find your description to be a horn of iron.' He asked, 'What is a horn of iron?' He said, 'A strong commander who, for the sake of Allah, the censure of the one who blames does not overcome.' He said, 'Then what?' He said, 'There will be after you a khalifah whom a wrong-doing group will kill.' He said, 'Then what?' He said, 'Then there will be the trial (affliction).**
('Umayr ibn Rabi'ah)

*** Umar ibn al-Khattab excelled people in four: the affair of the prisoners on the Day of Badr, he ordered that they should be killed and Allah revealed, 'If it were not for a decree of Allah which had preceded ...' (Qur'an 8: 68) to the end of the ayah; and in the matter of the hijab, he ordered the women of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to veil themselves, so Zaynab said to him, 'And really you are responsible over us Ibn al-Khattab, and the revelation descends upon us in our houses?' So Allah revealed, 'Then if you ask them for some item ...' (Qur'an 33: 53) to the end of the ayah; and by the supplication of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, 'O Allah, help Islam with 'Umar'; and in his view of Abu Bakr, for he was the first one to pledge allegiance to him.**
(Abdullah ibne Masood)

We used to say that the shaytans were chained and shackled during the amirate of 'Umar, then when he was struck they spread abroad.
(Mujahid)

**News of 'Umar was slow in reaching Abu Musa so he went to a woman who had a shaytan in her, and asked her about him. She said, 'Wait until my shaytan comes to me.' Then he came and she asked him about him. He said, 'I left him dressed with a piece of cloth as a waist-wrapper, smearing the camels of the sadaqah (of the zakah) with tar (against the mange or scab). And that is a man whom a shaytan does not see but that he falls flat on his nostrils; the angel is between his two eyes and the Ruh al-Quds (Jibril) speaks with his tongue*
(Salim ibn 'Abdullah)

**Whoever claimed that 'Ali had more right to authority than Abu Bakr and 'Umar has made a mistake and has accused Abu Bakr, 'Umar and all the Muhajirun and the Ansar of making a mistake.*
(Sufyan ath-Thawri )

**No-one in whom there is any good advances 'Ali before Abu Bakr and 'Umar.*
(Sharik)

**Do you grasp who Abu Bakr and 'Umar were? They were the father and mother of Islam.*
(Abu Usama)

**I am quit of whoever mentions Abu Bakr and 'Umar with anything but good.*
(Imam Jaffar Sadiq)

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Umar Ibn Khattab was truly a hardcore firm believer...

The prophet once said about him "If there was to be any Prophet after me, it would've been Umar". He was amongst the ones who were promised paradise by the Prophet and not only that, he accepted Islam later and yet outdid people who has accepted Islam before him. This only shows us that Guidance is in Allah's hand and if He (Almighty) wills, a person can change overnight and even outdo others who accept Islam before you. We have to do our job and leave the rest to Allah Al-Mighty!

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no one matches Umar's (ra) courage and judgement....
the best of the followers of Muhammad (saw) after Abu Bakr (ra)....

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thanks ... :)

exactly...according to anoher hadees..his good deeds are equal to the stars in hsky...and nobdy knows how many stars are there in the sky...once read in a book that these stars are even more than the total sand grains of the all sea shores of the world..just imagination...even greater than infiniti....and hadees continued to say that umar all good deeds are equal to the one good deed of abu bakr....

yes..very true.....he is best after abu bakr.....even best than anyone in politics dn conquests....

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'Umar used to hold a view and Qur'an would be revealed with (confirmation of) it.
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**(Mujahid)

In the Qur'an there are some of the views of 'Umar.
(Ali , the lion of God)

When people said one thing and 'Umar said another, the Qur'an would be revealed with the like of what 'Umar said.
(Ibne Umar)

I agreed with my Lord in three things; I said, 'Messenger of Allah, if only we were to take the Station of Ibrahim as a place of prayer,' and there was revealed, '... and take the Station of Ibrahim as a place of prayer.' (Qur'an 2: 125). I said, 'Messenger of Allah, both good and bad people come to visit your wives; if only you would order them to wear hijabs,' and the ayah of the hijab was revealed. The wives of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, united in jealousy, and so I said, 'Perhaps his Lord, if he divorces you, will give him in exchange wives better than you, ...' and it was revealed just like that (with exactly the same words, see Qur'an 66: 5).
(Umar , the Great )

'The Qur'an was revealed in agreement with him on the prisoners at Badr, on the hijab, on the Station of Ibrahim and on the prohibition of wine.' He added a fifth instance. Its hadith is that he said, 'O Allah, make clear to us about wine with an explanation which relieves us from all doubt.' Then Allah revealed its prohibition.
( At-Tahdhib of an-Nawawi)

'Umar said, 'I was in agreement with my Lord in four things: this ayah was revealed, "And certainly We have created man from an extraction of clay," (Qur'an 23: 12) and when it was revealed I said, "So blessed be Allah the best of creators," and then it was revealed, "So blessed be Allah the best of creators."' (Qur'an 95: 8). Here he mentioned a sixth instance. The hadith has another chain of transmission from Ibn 'Abbas.
( Anas bin Malik)

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''Umar agreed with his Lord in twenty-one situations,' and he mentioned these six (aforementioned). He augmented as a seventh the story of 'Abdullah ibn Ubayy. I say: Its hadith is in the sound traditions from him ('Umar). He said, 'When 'Abdullah ibn Ubayy died, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, was invited to perform the funeral prayer over him so he stood up for that. I rose up until I stood up close to his chest and said, "Messenger of Allah, is it over the enemy of Allah, Ibn Ubayy, who said one day such-and-such?" Then, by Allah, it wasn't very long until it was revealed, "And do not pray over one of them ever ..." (Qur'an 9: 84) to the conclusion of the ayah' 8. 'They ask you about wine ...' (Qur'an 2: 219) to the end of the ayah.**
(Fada'il al-Imamayn of Abu 'Abdullah ash-Shaybani )

'O you who believe, do not approach the prayer ...' (Qur'an 4: 43) to the end of the ayah. I say that the two of them, along with the ayah from Al-Ma'idah, are one instance, and the three are in the preceding hadith. 10. When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, increased in seeking forgiveness for a people, 'Umar said, 'It is equal to them.' Then Allah revealed, 'It is equal to them whether you seek forgiveness for them . . .' (Qur'an 63: 2) to the end of the ayah. This hadith has been narrated of Ibn 'Abbas.
(Fada'il al-Imamayn of Abu 'Abdullah ash-Shaybani )

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When he, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sought the advice of the Companions with respect to the story of the slander (of 'A'ishah) 'Umar said, 'Who married you to her, Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'Allah.' He said, 'Do you think that your Lord would conceal a defect of hers from you? Glory be to You, this is huge slander!' (Qur'an 24: 16). Then the revelation came down just like that..**
(Fada'il al-Imamayn of Abu 'Abdullah ash-Shaybani )

His story in the fast when he made love to his wife after waking from sleep (before the pre-dawn meal)and that was forbidden in the beginning of Islamand so it was revealed, 'It is permitted to you on the night of the fast ...' (Qur'an 2: 187) to the end of the ayah. 14. His words, Exalted is He, 'Whoever is an enemy to Jibril ...' (Qur'an 2: 97) to the end of the ayah. I say that it has been narrated from many different narrators the best of which is from 'Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Layla that: A Jew met 'Umar and said, 'Jibril, whom your companion mentions, is an enemy to us.' So 'Umar said, 'Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and His messengers and Jibril and Mika'il, then truly Allah is an enemy to the disbelievers.' So it was revealed on the tongue of 'Umar...
(Fada'il al-Imamayn of Abu 'Abdullah ash-Shaybani )

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His words, Exalted is He, 'Then no! By your Lord, they do not believe ...' (Qur'an 4: 65) to the end of the ayah. I say that its story has been narrated from Abu'l-Aswad. He said: Two men brought a dispute to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, and he gave judgement between them. The one who had judgement given against him said, 'Let us go to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab,' and so the two of them went to him. The man said, 'The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, gave judgement in my favour against this man and he said, "Let us go to 'Umar."' 'Umar said, 'Is it like that?' He said, 'Yes.' So 'Umar said, 'Stay where you are until I come out to you.' Then he came out to them wrapping his sword in his garment and struck the one who had said, 'Let us go to 'Umar,' and killed him. The other returned and said, 'Messenger of Allah, 'Umar killedby Allah!my companion.' So he said, 'I wouldn't have thought that 'Umar would have ventured to kill a believer.' Then Allah revealed, 'Then no! By your Lord they do not believe ...' to the end of the ayah. He declared, there was to be no retaliation or compensation for the blood of the man and declared 'Umar free from any wrong in his killing. There is another text that supports this story which I have related in At-Tafsir al-Musnad.
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( Fada'il al-Imamayn of Abu 'Abdullah ash-Shaybani)

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Seeking permission to enter. That was because his servant entered his room when he was sleeping and he said, 'O Allah, forbid entrance.' Then the ayah of seeking permission to enter was revealed.
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( Fada'il al-Imamayn of Abu 'Abdullah ash-Shaybani)

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His saying about the Jews, 'They are a confounded people.'
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( Fada'il al-Imamayn of Abu 'Abdullah ash-Shaybani)

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His words, exalted is He, 'Many of the first ones and many of the latter ones.' (Qur'an 56: 39-40). I say that Jabir ibn 'Abdullah narrated its story and that it is in the Asbab an-Nuzul.
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( Fada'il al-Imamayn of Abu 'Abdullah ash-Shaybani)

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The lifting (abrogation) of the recitation of, 'The older man and the older woman when they commit adultery ....' to the end of the ayah (an ayah whose judgement remains valid although it is not in the mushaf and is not recited).
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( Fada'il al-Imamayn of Abu 'Abdullah ash-Shaybani)

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His words on the Day of Uhud when Abu Sufyan said, 'Is so-and-so among the people?" ('Umar said) "We will not answer him,' and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, agreed with him.
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( Fada'il al-Imamayn of Abu 'Abdullah ash-Shaybani)

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We join to this that Ka'b al-Ahbar said, 'Woe to the king of the earth from the King of heaven.' Then 'Umar said, 'Except for whoever takes himself to account.' Ka'b said, 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul it is in the Tawrah. You have carried it on (the words of the verse) consecutively.' Then 'Umar fell prostrate.
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( Fada'il al-Imamayn of Abu 'Abdullah ash-Shaybani)

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Then I have seen in Al-Kamil of Ibn 'Adi from 'Umar that Bilal used to say, when he called the adhan, 'I witness that there is no god but Allah. Come to prayer.' Then 'Umar said to him, 'Say after it, "I witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."' The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Say as 'Umar said.'
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( Fada'il al-Imamayn of Abu 'Abdullah ash-Shaybani)

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His miracles

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Umar sent an army and he put at the head of them a man called Sariyah. While 'Umar was delivering the khutbah he began to cry out, 'Sariyah, the mountain!' three times. Then later the messenger of the army came and he asked 'Umar, 'Amir al-Muminin, we were being defeated and in that situation we heard a voice crying out, "Sariyah, the mountain!" three times. We put the mountain to our rear, and then Allah defeated them.' Someone said to 'Umar, 'You cried out with those words.' That mountain, where Sariyah was, is close to Nahawand in the land of the non-Arabs (Persian Iraq).
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(Ibne Umar)

When Egypt was conquered, its people came to 'Amr ibn al-'As, when the first day of one of their months arrived, and they said to him, 'Amir, this Nile of ours has a year in which it does not flow without it.' He asked, 'And what is that?' They said, 'When eleven nights have elapsed of this month we seek a young virgin from her parents, we obtain the consent of the parents, then we dress her in the best possible clothing and ornaments, and then we throw her in this Nile.' So 'Amr said to them, 'This will never be in Islam. Islam demolishes what precedes it.' They left, and neither did the Nile flow a little nor a lot, until they intended to emigrate. When 'Amr saw that, he wrote to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab about it. He wrote back to him, 'You were right in what you said. Truly, Islam demolishes what precedes it.' He sent a slip of paper inside his letter and wrote to 'Amr, 'I have sent you a slip of paper inside my letter, so throw it in the Nile.' When 'Umar's letter reached 'Amr ibn al-'As, he took the slip and opened it, and there in it was, 'From the slave of Allah 'Umar ibn al-Khattab Amir al-Muminin to the Nile of Egypt. Now, if you used to flow before, then don't flow! If it was Allah who made you flow, then I ask the Overwhelming One to make you flow.' He threw the slip into the Nile a day before (the Festival of) the Cross. They woke up in the morning, and Allah, Exalted is He, had made it flow (and it rose) sixteen cubits in one night. Allah cut off this sunnah (custom) of the people of Egypt right up to this day.
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**(Qais ibn al-Hajjaj)

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A man was in conversation with 'Umar ibn al-Khattab and told him a lie, and he would say, 'Withhold this.' Then later he told him something else and he said, 'Withhold this.' He said to him, 'Everything I told you was true except for what you told me to withhold.' Al-Hasan said: If there was anyone who recognised a lie when he was told it, then it was 'Umar ibn al-Khattab.
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(Tariq ibn Shihab )

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Umar was told that the people of Iraq had pelted their amir with pebbles and he went out angry. He performed the prayer but was forgetful in his prayer. When he had completed the prayer, he said, 'O Allah, they have made me confused, so make them confused, and hasten with the youth of (the tribe of) Thaqif who will pass judgement among them with the judgement of Jahiliyyah, who will not accept from their good-doers and he will not pass over their wrong-doers with pardon.' I say that this indicates al-Hajjaj. Ibn Lahi'ah said, 'Al-Hajjaj was not yet born at that time.'
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*(Abu Hudbah al-Himsi *

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Re: unparalleled ..... unparalleled .... unparalleled ....

jazakAllah

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Re: unparalleled ..... unparalleled .... unparalleled ....

He is unparallel just love the way respect him a lot, lots of guts, lots of humility, piety great and i havent read the complete post but as far as i know just coz of Umar ra advice 6 times Allaah is send the revelation in accordance with that.

Brothers and sisters if we actually look at that generation, it was indeed a unique generation in the history of mankind (unparallel and probably Allaah had the best people coming only in that generation and obviously it had to be the best coz it was taught by the best of creations.

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