He was exceptionally fair and right-minded. He was appointed Caliph following Abu Bakr’s caliphate, in the thirteenth year after the Emigration, with his caliphate continuing for ten and a half years. He became Muslim after the Prophet’s making the following supplication: “O Allah, strengthen Islam with which of those two, namely, Umar ibn al-Khattab and Amr ibn al- Hisham (Abu Jahl), is more pleasing to You.” He emigrated to Medina not in secret, but before the very eyes of the Meccan polytheists, in open defiance of them, and was the first person to openly declare his acceptance of Islam. He was given the name Faruq, meaning the Distinguisher Between Truth and Falsehood. He is among those Companions promised Paradise. Umar embraced Islam in the sixth year of the Prophethood of Allah’s Messenger. Whoever emigrates for Allah and His Messenger has emigrated for Allah and His Messenger whoever emigrates to acquire something worldly or to marry has emigrated for what is intended.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Iman, 41 Sahih Muslim, Imara, 155). One is rewarded for whatever one intends to do. “It is related from Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Actions are judged according to intentions. AN INTRODUCTION TO HADITH : Intention and Sincerity.Part1
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