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'''ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb''' (c. 584 &ndash; 644), sometimes referred by [[Muslims]] as '''ʿUmar al-Fārūq''' ("the one who distinguishes between right and wrong"), was from the [[Banu Adi]] clan of the [[Quraysh]] [[tribe]]. He was a [[Companions of the Prophet|companion]] of the [[Prophets and messengers in Islam|Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]] and became the second [[Caliph]] ({{reign|634|644}}) following the death of [[Abu Bakr]], the first Caliph.

Many of Umar's relatives of the same generation were also [[Companions of the Prophet|Sahaba]] and his daughter [[Hafsa bint Umar]] was a [[Muhammad's wives|Mother of the Believers]]. His sons were also important Sahaba.

== Wives and descendants ==
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! Wives !! Children !! Grandchildren !! Further Descendants
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|rowspan="4"|  [[Zaynab bint Maz'un]] [[Banu Jumah|al-Jumiya]] (at the time of [[Jahiliyyah]])|| [[Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab|Abd Allah ibn Umar]] || Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah <br> [[Salim ibn Abd Allah]]|| 
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||  Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar (the Older)|| ||
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||  Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar (the Younger)<ref name="story">{{cite news|url=https://www.academia.edu/4982613/Story_of_Umar_Ibn_Khattab|title=Story of Umar Ibn Khattab}}</ref>|| ||
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||  [[Hafsa bint Umar]]|| She was first married to [[Khunais ibn Hudhafa]] of [[Banu Sahm]], but became a widow in August 624.<ref name="Saad">{{cite book|first=Muhammad|last=Ibn Sa'd|author-link=Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi|title=''Tabaqat: The Companion of Badr'', Translated by Bewley, A.|volume=3|year=2013|page=307|location=London|publisher=Ta-Ha Publishers}}</ref> She was then married to the [[Prophets and messengers in Islam|Islamic Prophet]] Muhammad, yet she had no children. ||

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|rowspan="2"| [[Umm Kulthum bint Jarwal]]|| [[Ubayd Allah ibn Umar]] || ||
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|| Zayd ibn Umar (The Younger)<ref name="Nasab">{{cite book|first=Mus'ab|last=ibn ʻAbd Allāh Zubayrī|title=Nasab Quraysh|page=349}}</ref> || ||

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|| [[Qurayba bint Abi Umayya]] [[Banu Makhzum|al-Makhzumiya]] (divorced, married by [[Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr]]) || Qurayba and Umar had no children together. || ||

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|| [[Jamila bint Thabit|Jamila (Asiya) bint Thabit ibn Abi al-Aflah]] (from the [[Banu Aws|tribe of Aws]])<ref name="Nasab"/><ref name="History">{{cite book|first=Muhammad|last=ibn Jarir al-Tabari|author-link=Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari|title=[[History of the Prophets and Kings]]|page=4}}</ref><ref name="Saad2">{{cite book|first=Muhammad|last=Ibn Sa'd|author-link=Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi|title=''Tabaqat: The Companion of Badr'', Translated by Bewley, A.|page=3|location=London|publisher=Ta-Ha Publishers}}</ref> || [[Asim ibn Umar]] || Hafs ibn Asim (who in [[Sahih al-Bukhari]] alone relates eleven hadith) <br> Umar ibn Asim (father of Umm Miskin) <br> Umm Asim Layla bint Asim (mother of [[Umar II]]) || [[Umar II]] (the eighth [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad Caliph]], in [[Damascus]]) <br> Umm Miskin bint Umar (who had a freed slave named Abu Malik, according to [[Sahih al-Bukhari]])

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|| [[Atiqa bint Zayd]] (former wife of [[Abd Allah ibn Abi Bakr]];<ref name="History"/><ref name="Bidayah">{{cite book|first=Ismail|last=Ibn Kathir|author-link=Ibn Kathir|title=[[Al Bidayah wa al-Nihayah]]|page=6}}</ref> married Umar in the year 12 [[Hijri year|AH]] and after he was murdered, she married [[Zubayr ibn al-Awwam]]) || Iyad ibn Umar || ||

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|| [[Umm Hakim bint al-Harith ibn Hisham]] (married Umar after her husband [[Ikrima ibn Amr|Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl]] was killed in [[Battle of the Yarmuk]]; they were later divorced but [[Al-Mada'ini]] says Umar did not divorce her)<ref name="Finding">{{cite book|first=Al-Hafidh Shihabuddin Abu'l-Fadl Ahmad|last=Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani|author-link=Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani|title=[[Finding the Truth in Judging the Companinons|al-Isaba fi tamyiz as-Sahaba]]|pages=8, 193}}</ref> || Fatima bint Umar || ||

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|rowspan="2"| [[Umm Kulthum bint Ali]]<ref name="History"/><ref name="Tabaqat al-Kubra">{{cite book|first=Ibn Sa'd |last=Ibn Kathir |title=Tabaqat al-Kubra |volume=8 |page=338}}</ref> (married Umar in the year 17 [[Hijri year|AH]])|| [[Zayd ibn Umar]] || ||
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|| Ruqayya bint Umar || ||

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|| Luhya (a woman from [[Yemen]] whose marital status with Umar is disputed; [[al-Waqidi]] said she was Umm Walad, meaning a slave woman)<ref name="Nasab"/> || Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar (the middle or youngest) || ||

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|| Fukayha (as Umm Walad)<ref name="Bidayah2">{{cite book|last=Ibn Kathir|author-link=Ibn Kathir|title=Kitab [[Al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya|al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah]]|publisher=Dar al-Wathan publications|year=2002|page=168|isbn=9960-28-117-5}}</ref> || Zaynab bint Umar (youngest child of Umar) || ||

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|| ''mother unknown'' || Another son of Umar was az-Zubayr ibn Bakkar, called Abu Shahmah, although his mother is unknown.<ref name="Nasab"/> || ||
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== See also ==
{{portal|Islam}}
*[[Family tree of Abu Bakr]]
*[[Family tree of Uthman]]
*[[Family tree of Ali]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*https://web.archive.org/web/20041223044704/http://www.answering-ansar.org/answers/umme_kulthum/en/chap5.php

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