Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

Ibn Is-ḥaaq also said: The incident of `Umar’s conversion to Islaam happened after the
departure of some of the Companions of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ to Abyssinia.
(Ibn Is-ḥaaq said): `Abdul Ramḥaan Ibn al-Ḥaarith Ibn `Abdullaah Ibn `Ayyaash Ibn Abee
Rabee`ah, from `Abdul `Azeez Ibn `Abdullaah Ibn `Aamer Ibn Rabee`ah, [from his
father] 262 (`Abdullaah Ibn `Aamer), that his mother, `Umm `Abdullaah, Bint Abee
Ḥathmah رضيُاهللُعنها said: “By Allaah! We were preparing to depart for Abyssinia; `Aamer
had gone out to get something which we needed. At that time `Umar came along and
stopped – at that time he was still a polytheist (Mushrik).” She added: “We had
suffered violence and harm from him. He said: ‘So you are leaving then, Umm
`Abdullaah?’ She said: ‘Yes! We are leaving for one of Allaah’s land – for you have
harmed us and maltreated us – (and we will stay there) till Allaah provides for us a way
out.’ He said: ‘May Allaah be with you!’” She added: “I saw in him a gentleness which I
had never seen before. And then he left, and it seemed to me that our departure had
saddened him.” She said: “When `Aamer arrived with our things, I said to him: ‘O Abu
`Abdullaah, only if you were to see `Umar just now, and his kindness and his concern for
us!’ He (`Aamer) said: ‘Do you hope that he will accept Islaam?’ I said: ‘Yes (I do)!’ He
replied: ‘That man you saw won’t accept Islaam till the donkey of al-Khaṭṭaab accepts
Islaam!’ She said: “He (`Amr) said this in despair at him because of what was seen of his
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harshness and cruelty against Islaam.”
262 (Shaikh al-Albaanee said): In many instances where this narration is mentioned, the phrase: “from his father”,
is missing, and it is necessary to point this out because of two reasons. First: Because the narration clearly
mentions that she is the mother of `Abdullaah (Umm `Abdullaah), (and she is the grandmother of) `Abdul `Azeez
and not his mother. Secondly: Ibn Abee Ḥaatim recorded in his biography about `Abdul `Azeez that he narrated
from his father. And Ibn Is-ḥaaq and Sammaak Ibn Ḥarb have reported from `Abdul `Azeez. And this is what Ibn
Ḥajar has favored as well in “al-Lisaan”. This is why I have graded this narration as “Qawiy” (strong).
263 [TN: The cruelty of `Umar was well known, not even his own sister, Faatimah Bint al-Khaṭṭaab, and his brotherin-law
were spared by him.
Narrated Qais: I heard Sa`eed Ibn Zaid Ibn `Amr Ibn Nufail رضيُاهللُعنهم ا saying to the people: “If you but saw me and
`Umar's sister tied and forced by `Umar to abandon Islaam while he was not yet a Muslim. And if the mountain of
Uḥud were to collapse for the evil which you people have done to `Uthmaan, it would have the right to do that.”
[Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Bukhaaree (3862, 3867, 6942)]
Sa`eed Ibn Zaid was the son of Zaid Ibn `Amr Ibn Nufail and he was among the early converts to Islaam. The detail
about his conversion has already preceded in chapter no. 8]
264 [TN: Imaam Aḥmad also reported with this chain in “Faḍhaa’il al-Ṣaḥaabah” (371a) and Shaikh Waṣee-ullaah
`Abbaas graded its chain as “Ḥasan”.]
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