Night Patrols Of Umar Ibn Khattab (Part 3)

Assalamo alaikum wa rahmatullah
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During one of his patrols he passes by a house. (Those days’ houses didn’t have a front yard or back yard or a huge garden or sound proof walls. These were very modest mud brick buildings. The house is basically composed of few rooms and that’s it. Hassan Al basri said, the ceiling of the house of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) could be touched by hand.) So you could hear what is happening inside these houses. Umar bin Khattab is walking very late at night and he hears a women. This woman was reciting the lines of poetry.


Basically this woman was a wife of one a Mujahid. Her husband was away for a very long time and she was feeling very lonely. She has no children and she was staying in home alone. So she was reciting the lines of poetry.

This night is very very long and I have no companion to be with me
If it wasn’t for Allah I would have been with another man…….

So basically she is saying that if it wasn’t for Allah, I would have committed Haraam. But then she said but because I fear Allah and because there is an eye that is watching me all the time. If it wasn’t the case I would have been with another companion.

Umar Bin Khattab said: May Allah have mercy on you. He wasn’t speaking to her but he was making duaa for her.

He then goes to his daughter Hafsa. He knocks on the door, seeing him hafsa said “Oh my father why did you come in this late hour. It must be something very urgent. So he comes and says “For how long can a woman wait for her husband. How long can she stay alone? How long will her patience last. Hafsa said “one month, two month, three month and then after four months her patience runs out.”

Umar bin Khattab immediately issues an order that no Muslim soldier should stay away from her wife for more than four months. So the rotation is for four months.

But there was a problem; many of those soldiers didn’t want to come back. You know now, soldiers are crying, they want to go back to mom and dad. I want to go back to my girl friend. They are weeping, they are crying. But these soldiers who are fighting for fisabillilah some of them didn’t want to go back. So umar bin khattab had to force them. He sent some orders, he said “You either go back or I am gonna give you an exemption. But you have to give nafaka to your wives; you have to provide her with sufficient money so that she wouldn’t be in any need. Otherwise you divorce.

These are the teachings that show the care that Umar bin khattab had for the muslim family. How eager he was to make sure that men are happy, women are happy and children are happy…

moderatemuslim said:

WE NEED A SUCH A LEADER FOR OUR ENTIRE MUSLIM UMMATH IN THIS MODERN AGE.......

May ALLAAH grant us.............

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ameen to your duaas.

Allah doesn't change the condition of a nation, unless or until the nation itself want to change it.

The first step in a change is to realize it. So inshallah lets go strive for getting such a leader.

The other day i was watching TV. I was shocked to hear that the leader of one Muslim country didn't even knew how to recite surah Ikhlas correctly. He was reading it from the Arabic text and later blamed that the text was not correct. what a joke...but these are the one who manage our affairs. If they don't have the fear of Allah how can they have the fear to fulfill the duties they have towards other Muslims.

Assalamu Alaikum,

How thoughtful Umar ibn Khattab was. Masha'allah.

JazakAllah khair for sharing these beneficial stories.

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May Allah reward you for this.

Jazakallah khairan for sharing.

Umar Khattab: Gave best definition for function of state

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Jazakallaahu khairan, Brother. May you get enough time to post the complete series in TTI.

This man Ameer-al-Muminin , Al-Farooq, is considered the Father of Modern Administration, by the unbiased students of history, management. And Prophet foresaw it and prayed for it! Even Abu Bakr (r), foresaw what Umar Al-Farooq could do as a leader, and justified choosing Umar(r) as caliph.

An excerpt from Encylopedia britannica

Umar : Vol 5, Book 57, Companions of the Prophet - Bukhari,

Just to give an idea of Umar-Ibn-Khattab(r). And remember, Umar(r)'s guide is Prophet. And Abu Bakr(r) foresaid, Umar(r) would become softer and kinder once the burden of Caliphate falls on Umar(r). Now thats what leadership does to a true leader.

strive-may-i said:

Narrated By Sad bin Abi Waqqas: Umar bin Al-Khattab asked the permission of Allah's Apostle to see him while some Quraishi women were sitting with him, talking to him and asking him for more expenses, raising their voices above the voice of Allah's Apostle.
When 'Umar asked for the permission to enter, the women quickly put on their veils. Allah's Apostle allowed him to enter and 'Umar came in while Allah's Apostle was smiling, 'Umar said "O Allah's Apostle! May Allah always keep you smiling." The Prophet said, "These women who have been here, roused my wonder, for as soon as they heard your voice, they quickly put on their veils. "'Umar said, "O Allah's Apostle! You have more right to be feared by them than I." Then 'Umar addressed the women saying, "O enemies of yourselves! You fear me more than you do Allah's Apostle ?" They said, "Yes, for you are harsher and sterner than Allah's Apostle." Then Allah's Apostle said, "O IBN AL-KHATTAB! BY HIM IN WHOSE HANDS MY LIFE IS! NEVER DOES SATAN FIND YOU GOING ON A WAY, BUT HE TAKES ANOTHER WAY OTHER than yours."
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Vol 5, Book 57. Companions Of The Prophet. Hadith 032. (Bukhari)

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Jazakumullah khairun for sharing brother. May Allah give us the ability to acquire the characteristics of sahabahs. We should follow them because they have been given the stamp of approval.

Umar ibn al Khattaab and `AlI ibn Abee Taalib, May Allah be pleased with them, an incident:

There was a woman whose husband was away. `Umar, who was then the khaleefah, was told that she admitted men into her house in the absence of her husband. As `Umar disapproved of this, he sent someone to summon her to him. "Go to `Umar," she was told and she said: "Oh, woe unto me! Why should `Umar want to see me?" The woman was pregnant, and on her way to him she was so scared that she went into labor. She therefore entered a house where she gave birth to a child who died shortly afterwards. `Umar consulted the Companions of the Prophet, some of whom advised that he was not to be blamed for anything; he was only doing what his office required of him. `Ali, on the other hand, kept silent. Noticing that, `Umar came up to `Ali and asked him: "What do you say?" `Ali replied: "If what these Companions said is what they really think, then their opinion is wrong. But if they said that in order to please you, they have not given you proper advice. I believe that you have to pay compensation for the child. It is you who scared the woman, and she miscarried because of you." [ Transmitted by Muslim, Aboo Daawood, al Nasaa'ee, Ibn Hibbaan and others.] Umar yielded to the opinion of `Ali without feeling any resentment in acting on his verdict, even though he was the head of the Muslim state.