1. Umar's father was Khattab ibn Nufayl, and his mother was Hantamah bint Hisham of the Banu Makhzum tribe.
10 Facts About Umar
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Umar's embracing Islam was our victory, his migration to Medina was our success, and his reign a blessing from Allah.
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Umar's policy was rather not isolating Banu Hashim as far as possible.
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Umar's strictness was there because of my softness when the weight of Caliphate will be over his shoulders he will remain no longer strict.
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Umar's was perhaps one of the smoothest transitions of power from one authority to another in the Muslim lands.
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Muhammad Husayn Haykal wrote that Umar's stress was on the well-being of the poor and underprivileged.
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The department was under the charge of Muhammad ibn Maslamah, one of Umar's most trusted men.
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Umar's soldiers were forbidden to own land outside of Arabia.
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Umar's rule was one of the few moments in the history of Islam where Muslims were united as a single community.
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Umar's strategy resulted in a Muslim victory at the Second Battle of Emesa in 638, where the pro-Byzantine Christian Arabs of Jazira, aided by the Byzantine Emperor, made an unexpected flanking movement and laid siege to Emesa.