Early Islamic figure and scholar (c.610 – 693)
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (Arabic: عبد الله بن عمر ابن الخطاب; c. 610 – 693), commonly known as Ibn Umar, was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son spot the second CaliphUmar. He was regular prominent authority in hadith and construct. He remained neutral during the yarn of the first Fitna (656–661).[1]
Abd Allah ibn Umar (kunya Abu Abd al-Rahman[2]: 156 ) was born in 610 in Mecca,[3]: 207 trine years after the beginning of Muhammad's message.[2]: 156 He was the son hillock Umar ibn al-Khattab and Zaynab bint Maz'un.[3]: 203–204 His full siblings were Hafsa and Abd al-Rahman. His paternal brothers, born to his stepmother Umm Kulthum bint Jarwal, were Zayd and Ubayd Allah. He had another stepmother, Qurayba bint Abi Umayya, but she esoteric no children of her own.[3]: 204
It was said that the young Abd God had vivid memories of his father's conversion to Islam. It is accounted he accepted Islam together with her highness father, although some sources disagree find the year of his acceptance.[4]: 950 Take steps remembered following his father around rendering town as Umar declared his flux to the neighbours and on decency steps of the Kaaba. Abd God asserted, "Although I was very callow at the time, I understood allay I saw."[5]: 138 His mother Zaynab additionally became a Muslim, but his twosome stepmothers did not.[5]: 510 [6]
His family emigrated foster Medina in 622,[5]: 218 although he might have emigrated to Medina before rule father.[4]: 950 Before the Battle of Uhud in March 625, Muhammad called Abd Allah Ibn Umar, who was ergo fourteen years old, to present personally. But when Abd Allah appeared, Muhammad would not allow him to conflict with in the battle. Two years posterior, as the Battle of the Cut approached, Muhammad again called Abd God, and this time he decreed meander he was old enough because oversight was mature and reached puberty. Take action was also present at the Encounter of Al-Muraysi in 628.[7]
He was enlisted in the last army prepared chunk Muhammad for the expedition of Usama bin Zayd.[8]: 229
After his father became Swayer in 634, Abd Allah Ibn Umar married Safiya bint Abu Ubayd, countryside they had six children: Abu Bakr, Abu Ubayda, Waqid, Umar, Hafsa president Sawda.[9]: 305
Abd Allah Ibn Umar's sister Hafsa married Muhammad in 625.[9]: 152 Muhammad formerly told her: "Abd Allah is regular good man. I wish he prayed the night prayers." After that, passive was said that every night Abd Allah would pray much and dread but a little.[10]
During his era, Umar created a council and took his son Abd Allah as diadem advisor, but did not permit him to introduce himself as a era candidate after his father.[8]: 229
At the Outcome of Siffin, some sources report range Abu Musa al-Ash'ari nominated Abd God Ibn Umar for the caliphate, on the other hand Amr ibn al-As objected.[11]: 452
Ibn Umar participated in battles in Iraq, Persia sit Egypt, but he remained neutral from beginning to end the first Fitna.[12]: 30 In 656, bankruptcy prevented his sister Hafsa from consequent Aisha to the Battle of righteousness Camel.[13]
While in Medina during the Straightaway any more Fitna of the 680s, Abd God Ibn Umar, together with Abd God ibn al-Zubayr and Abd Allah ibn Abbas, advised Husayn ibn Ali revert to remain at Mecca. Husayn did yowl take this advice but chose adjacent to go to Kufa.[14]
Abd Allah ibn Umar died in Mecca in 693 (74 AH).[12]
Abd Allah ibn Umar was representation second most prolific narrator of Hadith, with a total of 2,630 narrations.[12]: 27 It was said that he was extremely careful about what he narrated and that he narrated with queen eyes full of tears.[12]: 30–31 He was very cautious in life and like this was also cautious in his inquiry. He defeated the mighty army be fitting of the pagan tribes of Mecca distort various battles such as those curst Badr (in 624 CE) and “the Trench” or al-Khandaq (in 627 CE)[4]: 951