Aslam reported: Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, performed ablution from the water of a Christian women in the jar of a Christian woman. Source: al-Sunan al-Kubrá lil-Bayhaqī 129 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Nawawi Al-Shafi’i said, “There is nothing wrong with ablution from the water of an idolater or what is left over …
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Al-Hasan reported: Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say, “O Allah, make my deeds righteous, make them purely for Your sake, and do not let anyone else have a share of them.” Source: al-Zuhd li-Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal 617 عَنِ الْحَسَنِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ رضي الله عنه كَانَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَمَلِي صَالِحًا وَاجْعَلْهُ …
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Thabit ibn al-Hajjaj reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable and evaluate yourselves before you are evaluated, for the Reckoning will be easier upon you tomorrow if you hold yourselves accountable today.” Source: Muḥāsabat al-Nafs 2 عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ …
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Abu Najih reported: Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “I am certainly amazed that a man can be with his family like a child, but if he is called forth, he is found to be a true man.” Source: Shu’ab al-Imān 7851 عَنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ رضي الله عنه لَيُعْجِبُنِي الرَّجُلُ …
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Rabia’ reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, recited Surat al-Nahl on the pulpit on Friday until he reached the verse of prostration, then he descended and prostrated and the people prostrated with him. On the following Friday, Umar recited the same chapter until he came to the verse of prostration. Umar …
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Abu Huraira reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said to Abu Musa while he was sitting in a gathering, “Remind us of our Lord.” Abu Musa would recite to him in a melodious tone as he sat in the gathering. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 7196 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Arna’ut …
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‘Urwah reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, would say in his sermons, “You know that greed is poverty and renunciation is independence. Verily, whoever renounces his desire for what people have, he will be independent of them.” Source: al-Zuhd wal-Raqā’iq 631 عَن عُرْوَة قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ رضي …
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Abu Huraira reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say to people in his sermons, “Those among you have succeeded who are protected from whims, greed, and anger. There is no good in anything less than truthful speech.” Source: al-Zuhd li-Abī Dāwūd 48 Grade: Jayyid (very good) according to Al-Dhahabi …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was climbing mount Uhud with Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman, and it began to quake from them. The Prophet said, “Be still, Uhud! It is only a Prophet, a truthful man, and two martyrs upon you.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3472 Grade: Sahih (authentic) …
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Abu Uthman al-Hindi reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Verily, what I fear most for this nation is a learned hypocrite.” It was said, “How is he a learned hypocrite?” Umar said, “He is learned with his tongue, but he is ignorant of the heart and good deeds.” Source: al-Aḥādīth …
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Abu Salih reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, was committed to an old, disabled blind woman who lived on the outskirts of Medina. At night he would draw water for her and manage her affairs. When he came to her one time, he found that someone else had preceded him and …
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Abdullah reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, when he arrived in Syria, he said to Abu ‘Ubaydah, “Let us go to your house.” Abu ‘Ubaydah said, “You want nothing but to shed tears for me?” Umar entered his house and he saw nothing. Umar said, “Where are your provisions? I do …
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Sindi reported: A man asked Abu Abdullah, Imam Ahmad, “My father has ordered me to divorce my wife.” Ahmad said, “Do not divorce her.” He said, “Did not Umar command his son Abdullah to divorce his wife?” Ahmad said, “Is your father like Umar, may Allah be pleased with him?” Ibn Muflih said, “If his …
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Ibn Umar reported: He divorced his wife in the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, while she menstruating. Umar ibn al-Khattab asked the Prophet about that and he said, “Order him to return her. Let him leave her alone until she becomes pure, then menstruates, and then is pure …
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Anas reported: Whenever a man was brought to Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, who had divorced his wife three times in one sitting, he would flog his back. Source: Sharḥ Maʻānī al-Āthār 4488 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Ibn Hajar عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ كَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رضي الله عنه إِذَا …
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Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, cursed the one who marries a woman to overturn an irrevocable divorce and the man for whom it is done. Al-Tirmidhi said, “This tradition was acted upon by the people of knowledge among the companions of the Prophet (ṣ), among them …
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Ibn Abbas reported: Triple divorce in the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, Abu Bakr, and two years of the Caliphate of Umar was considered to be only one revocable divorce. Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “Verily, the people have become hasty in a matter for which they should take …
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Abu Yusuf reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Know that Allah has servants who cause some falsehood to die out by ignoring it and they give life to the truth by mentioning it.” Source: Kitāb al-Kharrāj 1/23 عن أبي يوسف عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قال وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ …
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Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There is no marriage unless with a guardian and two credible witnesses. Any marriage contracted with less than that is invalid. If there is a dispute, the ruler is the guardian for one without a guardian.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 4075 Grade: …
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Abdur Rahman ibn Yazid reported: Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, prayed four cycles at Mina. Abdullah ibn Mas’ud said, “I prayed it as two cycles with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, as well as Abu Bakr and Umar.” Mu’awiyah ibn Qurrah added: Abdullah then prayed four cycles in Mina. It …
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