
Author: Obaidullah Nimruzi
Biography of Hazrat Umar Farooq, may Allah be pleased with him (first part)
Keywords: Omar, Ibn Khattab, Farooq Azam, Amirul Momineen.
Summary of the article
Hazrat Omar bin Khattab, may God be pleased with him, is the second caliph of the rightly caliphs and one of the ten personalities who received the good news of entering heaven from the mouth of the Holy Prophet of Islam, may God bless him and grant him peace. Such a personality that if another prophet was sent after our prophet, it would definitely be him, But the gate of prophecy is closed forever.
God had always made the truth flow from his tongue and in many cases, divine revelation was revealed in the position of confirming his decision, and his decision was about the prisoners of Badr, the absence of the funeral prayer for the hypocrites, the hijab of women, the placing of a mosque in the place of Abraham, the sanctity of wine and … have been approved by the Holy Quran.
And one of God’s favors on his servants is Omar’s conversion to Islam. Because the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, had prayed a few days before his conversion to Islam, that you may strengthen the religion of Islam with the conversion of Umar, may God be pleased with him. His prayer was accepted, divine providence guided him and brought him to the land of the Prophet.
Hazrat Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, was one of the greatest personalities of Islam, and during his caliphate, he made many conquests. Thinkers, Philosophers and scientists may also have gone astray with their wisdom, but they did not ask God for guidance. Divine destiny guided him and brought him to Islam.
If we turn the pages of human history and think a little, we will find that there have always been nameless people throughout history, who had no influence and legacy, but due to their hard work, they made their name and that of their ancestors. Gold papers have recorded history.
Sayidina Hazrat Amir al-Mu’mineen Umar bin Khattab, may God be pleased with him, was also among the people who before converting to the religion of Islam, did not have much of a special place and influence in his society, to the extent that his father out of necessity gave him his camels to take to pasture and Slowly teach him with sociology and sitting and getting up with people.
But after he became a Muslim, and the sunlight of Islam enlightened his heart and he was cultivated and educated in the Muhammadi school, he not only became useful for himself but also taught the world the right way to live.
It is about Imam al-Adl and the second caliph of the Messenger of God; may God bless him and grant him peace; it is about a man who brought Caesar and Kesra to his knees and lived like a pure person and was martyred like a pure person. And this is a brief description of the world of lights of this great leader, whose name is eternal and bright even today after 14 centuries.
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