Acceptance of Islam by Hazrat Umar

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Hazrat Umar ibn Al-Khattab (RA) — Al-Farooq, The 2nd Caliph of Islam*

Here’s a detailed introduction:

*1. Early Life*

- *Full name*: Umar ibn Al-Khattab ibn Nufayl Al-Qurashi Al-Adawi (RA)

- *Born*: ∼584 CE in Makkah, 13 years after the Prophet ﷺ

- *Tribe*: Banu Adi, from the noble Quraysh tribe

- *Before Islam*: He was a strong, respected leader in Makkah. Known for his intelligence, courage, and strict nature. He was one of the few people in Makkah who could read and write, and he was sent as an ambassador for negotiations.

*2. Acceptance of Islam

This is one of the most famous stories in Seerah.

Initially he was strongly against Islam. But after hearing Surah Taha recited by his sister Fatima (RA) and brother-in-law Saeed (RA), his heart changed.

He went to the Prophet ﷺ at Dar Al-Arqam and accepted Islam openly in ∼615 CE.

The Prophet ﷺ gave him the title *"Al-Farooq"* — because with him, Allah distinguished truth from falsehood.

His conversion gave Muslims strength to pray openly in the Kaaba for the first time.

*3. Caliphate: 634 CE – 644 CE

After Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (RA), the Muslims gave bay’ah to Umar (RA). His 10.5 years of rule are called the "Golden Age of Justice".

*Major achievements:

- *Administration*:

    - Started the *Islamic Hijri Calendar* from the migration of the Prophet ﷺ

    - Established *Baytul Mal* — the public treasury and pension system

    - Created departments for army, police, judiciary, and record keeping

    - Appointed governors and judges and held them accountable

- *Expansions*:

  During his time, Islam spread to Syria, Iraq, Persia, Egypt, Jerusalem, and parts of North Africa. Key victories: Battle of Qadisiyyah, Battle of Yarmouk, Conquest of Jerusalem.

- *Welfare*:

  He set up welfare for widows, orphans, and the poor. He would himself go out at night in Madinah to check if anyone was hungry or in need. Famous story: he carried flour on his back for a poor woman.

- *Justice*:

  No one was above the law. Even his own son was punished if he did wrong. His famous line: _"If a mule trips in Iraq, I fear Allah will ask me why I didn’t pave the road."_

*4. Personality

- *Before Islam*: Fierce and strict

- *After Islam*: Fierce for truth, but soft-hearted for the ummah

- *Zuhd*: Lived a very simple life. Patched clothes, slept on the floor, ate barley bread

- *Taqwa*: Cried a lot in prayer and feared Allah. He used to say: _"Hold yourselves to account before you are held to account."_

*5. Martyrdom

In 644 CE, during Fajr prayer in Masjid An-Nabawi, he was stabbed by Abu Lu'lu, a Persian slave. He led the prayer while bleeding, then appointed a 6-member Shura to choose the next Caliph.

He was buried next to the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr (RA) in the Rawdah in Madinah.

*6. Legacy

- One of the *Ashara Mubashara* — 10 companions promised Jannah

- Second of the *Khulafa-e-Rashideen* — The Rightly Guided Caliphs

- His governance model is still studied today for justice, administration, and welfare

The Prophet ﷺ said: _"I saw in a dream that I was given a cup of milk to drink. I drank it and the excess flowed out from my nails. I distributed it among the people. They asked: What do you interpret it as? I said: Knowledge. And Umar got the biggest share."_

He showed us how power should be used — not for luxury, but for service.

Acceptance of Islam by Hazrat Umar

Hazrat Umar  was 2nd Caliph of Islam. He was father in law of prophet Hazrat Mohammad. Hazrat Hafsa was his daughter. She was wife of prophet and umm ul Momneen. 
Hazrat Umar was very brave and rare and he was the ambassador of Quraish and he was entrusted with the embassies of other countries.
One day, Hazrat Umar got very angry and said that it is better to kill Muhammad once than to attack him day after day.

He had kept all the weapons on his body. On the way, someone told him to first find out about his home. Your brother-in-law and sister have become Muslims.
After hearing this, he went to his sister's house and beat them both, then his sister Fatima said, 

Reciting the Holi Quran

" Umar, you should listen to the book first".

After listening that, we believed it. 

If you don't like it, kill us, Umar said, let's hear it.
At that time, there was a companion from his family who fell silent after seeing Hazrat Umar and picked up the Quran.
So he recited the first Ruku of Sarat Taha.
Hazrat Umar was listening to the Qur'an and was crying, and he was the one who came out of the house as a murderer, and at that time Hazrat Muhammad  believed him. He went to Hazrat Mohammad and embraced Islam.
At that time, Muslims used to pray silently from their homes, but now started reading in the Kahaba and now quraysh started burning when they saw this.
And now they started giving severe pain to the Muslims and started treating the Prophet with arrogance.

Islam got power because of Hazrat Umar.

Hazrat Umar himself said that when I became a Muslim, I asked the  Messenger of Allah, are we not in the right?
He said, "Why not? I said, then why worship in silence? By Allah, we will definitely go out.

So we will take you to the two rows below. In One row was Hamza and in one row was me.
Until we entered the Haram Mosque, Hazrat Umar further said that when the Quraysh saw me and Hamza at that time, they became even more furious.
On the same day, the Prophet named me "

"Farooq"
Hazrat Ibn Masud says that we could not pray inside the Kahab until Hazrat Umar accepted Islam.
Hazrat Sohaib bin Sinnan said that,

"when Hazrat Umar became a Muslim, Islam came from the veil.
An open invitation to Islam was given and we sat near the Khaba and circumambulated the House of Allah.
We took revenge on those who were harsh on us and responded to their cruelties".

(History ummar bin khtab page 13)

Hazrat Ibn Masud said that, 

"Since Umar bin Khattab became a Muslim, we have become powerful and respected".

(Sahi bukhari page 545)