Umar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Umar

companion of Muhammad

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0585

Place of Birth: Mecca, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia

Date of Death: 03-Nov-0644

Profession: statesperson

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Umar (), also spelled Omar (; Arabic: ??? ?? ??????? ?Umar ibn al-Kha??ab ['?om?r-, '??m?r ?bn alx?t?'t???b], "Umar, Son of Al-Khattab"; c.
584 CE – 3 November 644 CE), was one of the most powerful and influential Muslim caliphs in history.
He was a senior companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
He succeeded Abu Bakr (632–634) as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate on 23 August 634.
He was an expert Muslim jurist known for his pious and just nature, which earned him the epithet Al-Farooq ("the one who distinguishes (between right and wrong)").
He is sometimes referred to as Umar I by historians of Islam, since a later Umayyad caliph, Umar II, also bore that name. Under Umar, the caliphate expanded at an unprecedented rate, ruling 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 eventually killed by the Persian Piruz Nahavandi (known as ‘Abu-Lu‘lu‘ah in Arabic) in 644 CE. Umar is revered in the Sunni tradition as a great ruler and paragon of Islamic virtues, and some hadiths identify him as the second greatest of the Sahaba after Abu Bakr.
He is viewed negatively in the Shia tradition.