Umar
Umar ibn al-Khattab (; ), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634, when he succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph, until his assassination in 644. Umar was a senior companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.Umar initially opposed Muhammad, his distant Qurayshite kinsman and later son-in-law. Following his conversion to Islam in 616, he became the first Muslim to openly pray at the Kaaba. Umar participated in almost all battles and expeditions under Muhammad, who bestowed the title ''al-Fārūq'' upon him, for his judgements. After Muhammad's death in June 632, Umar pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr () as the first caliph and served as the closest adviser to the latter until August 634, when the dying Abu Bakr nominated Umar as his successor.
Under Umar, the caliphate expanded at an unprecedented rate, conquering the Sasanian Empire and more than two-thirds of the Byzantine Empire. His attacks against the Sasanian Empire resulted in the conquest of Persia in less than two years (642–644). According to Jewish tradition, Umar set aside the Christian ban on Jews and allowed them into Jerusalem and to worship. Umar was assassinated by the Persian slave Abu Lu'lu'a Firuz in 644.
Umar is generally viewed by historians to be one of the most powerful and influential Muslim caliphs in history. He is revered in the Sunni Islamic tradition as a great just ruler and paragon of Islamic virtues, and some hadiths identify him as the second greatest of the Sahabah after Abu Bakr. However, he is viewed negatively in the Twelver Shia tradition. Provided by Wikipedia
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by A. Talip, Balkis, Omar, Abdul Rahman, Adzhar, Azri, Syed Hassan, Sharifah, Yap, May Ling, Arshad, Siti Suri
Published 2004
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by Sharif, Saeed, Arshad, Siti Suri, Bejo, Mohd Hair, Omar, Abdul Rahman, Allaudin, Zeenathul Nazariah, Hafidz, Mohd Afzal
Published 2009
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by Mohammad Noor, Siti Zaliha, Yusof, Mohd Firdaus, Omar, Ahmad Maliki, Abdul Harris, Faranadia, Mohd Radzi, Mohd Amran
Published 2017
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by Md Yusoff, Zainuddin, Nik Daud, Nik Norsyahariati, Nahazanan, Haslinda, Omar, Husaini, Aziz, Azalan, Ab Razak, Mohd Shahriza
Published 2017
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by Gopalsamy, Banulata, Omar Farouk, Ahmad Akira, Tengku Mohamad, Tengku Azam Shah, Sulaiman, Mohd Roslan, Perimal, Enoch Kumar
Published 2017
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by Anabi, Hilary K., Nordin, Rosdiadee, Abdulghafoor, Omar B., Sali, Aduwati, Mohamedou, Ahmed, Almqdshi, Abdulmajid, Abdullah, Nor Fadzillah
Published 2017
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by Fahmy Ahmed, Omar Ahmed, Mohd Ghani @ Mamat, Khairul Asri, Schubert, Tina, Renninger, Markus, Stenzl, Arnulf, Gakis, Georgios
Published 2017
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by Abdullah, Syuhaidah, Omar, Noraini, Mohd Yusoff, Sabri, Emikpe, Benjamin Obukowho, Tanko, Polycarp Nwunuji, Hanan, Latifah, Samad, Jamil
Published 2013
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by Elbashier Elhada, Ragaa Mohammed, Muhamad Awang, Rita, Grozescu, Ionel Valeriu, Omar, Dzolkhifli, Sinniah, Uma Rani, Gnanasegaram, Manjeri
Published 2013
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by Zulazmi, Nurul Atiqah, Gopalsamy, Banulata, Omar Farouk, Ahmad Akira, Sulaiman, Mohd Roslan, Bharatham, Hemabarathy, Perimal, Enoch Kumar
Published 2015
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by Mohd Isa, Nor Farah, Bejo, Mohd Hair, Mat Isa, Nurulfiza, Ideris, Aini, Nair, Venugopal, Omar, Abdul Rahman
Published 2013
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