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forefathers), and has disunited the Quraish, ridiculed them, criticized their religion, and slandered their gods. I am<br />
going to kill him.’ Nu`aim said: ‘O `Umar! By <strong>Al</strong>laah, you have lost your mind! Do you think that the tribe of `Abd<br />
Manaaf would allow you to walk on the face of the earth after you have killed Muḥammad? Why don’t you go<br />
home and sort out the affairs of your household!’ He said: ‘Which household are you talking about?’ Nu`aim said:<br />
‘Your brother-in-law and nephew, Sa`eed Ibn Zaid and your sister Faatimah. They have become Muslims and<br />
followers of Muḥammad (ﷺ) in his religion. Look to them (first)!’ `Umar then returned to his sister Faatimah<br />
and Khabbaab Ibn al-Arat was at her place, he had with him a manuscript of Surah TaHa that he was teaching to<br />
her. When they heard `Umar’s approach, Khabbaab hid inside a bedroom or somewhere else in the house and<br />
Faatimah Bint al-Khaṭṭaab took the manuscript and hid it under her thigh. But `Umar had already heard<br />
Khabbaab’s recitation as he approached the door. When he entered, he said: ‘What was that murmuring sound I<br />
heard?’ They replied: ‘You did not hear anything.’ [In another narration: ‘You might have overheard what we two<br />
were discussing among ourselves.’] `Umar said: ‘I did hear it. And I’ve been told that you both are following<br />
Muḥammad in his religion.’ He then struck out at his brother-in-law, Sa`eed Ibn Zaid. When his sister Faatimah<br />
rose to defend her husband, he hit her too and wounded her. When he did this, his sister and brother-in-law said:<br />
‘Yes, we have accepted Islaam, and we believe in <strong>Al</strong>laah and His Messenger. So do whatever you want!’ When<br />
`Umar saw the blood on his sister, he was sorry and repentant for what he had done, and told her: ‘Give me that<br />
document which you were reading so that I can see what Muḥammad has brought.’ `Umar was literate. When he<br />
said that, she replied: ‘We do not trust you.’ He replied: ‘Don’t be afraid.’ He then swore by his gods to return it to<br />
her after reading it. When he said this, she had hopes of his accepting Islaam and so she said: ‘But being a<br />
polytheist you are unclean, and only the purified may touch it.’ So `Umar rose and washed himself [in another<br />
narration: ‘made ablution’], and she gave him the manuscript on which Surah TaHa was written. When he read a<br />
passage from it, he said: ‘How fine and wonderful these words are!’ When Khabbaab Ibn al-Arat heard this, he<br />
came out and said to `Umar: ‘By <strong>Al</strong>laah! O `Umar, I do so hope that <strong>Al</strong>laah has selected you because of the<br />
supplication of His Prophet .(ﷺ) For yesterday, I heard him supplicating: ❝O <strong>Al</strong>laah! Support Islaam through<br />
Abu al-Ḥakam Ibn Hishaam or through `Umar Ibn al-Khaṭṭaab!❞ So, O `Umar, come now to <strong>Al</strong>laah!’ At that<br />
`Umar said: ‘O Khabbaab! Lead me to Muḥammad so that I can accept Islaam.’ Khabbaab replied: ‘He is in a house<br />
at al-Ṣafaa with a group of his Companions.’ `Umar then grabbed his sword and went to the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah<br />
and his Companions. He knocked on the door and when they heard his voice, one of the Companions got up ﷺ<br />
and looked outside through a chink in the door. He saw `Umar with the sword in his hand, then he went back in to<br />
the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah ﷺ in a fright and exclaiming: ‘O Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah! It is `Umar Ibn al-Khaṭṭaab,<br />
armed with his sword!’ Hamzah said: ‘Well, let him in. If he has come with good, we will reciprocate; but if he has<br />
come in evil, we will kill him with his own sword.’ The Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah ﷺ also said: ❝Let him in.❞ So the<br />
Companions did so, and the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah got up and went across the room to meet him, taking him by his<br />
waist or by the place where his cloak joined, and giving him a strong pull, saying: ❝O Ibn al-Khaṭṭaab! What<br />
brings you here? By <strong>Al</strong>laah! I do not see you stopping until <strong>Al</strong>laah strikes you (with a thunderbolt)!❞ `Umar<br />
replied: ‘O Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah! I come to you to believe in <strong>Al</strong>laah and in His Messenger, and in what has come<br />
down from <strong>Al</strong>laah!’ At this, the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah loudly said the Takbeer (<strong>Al</strong>laahu Akbar!), and the people in<br />
the house all came to know that `Umar had accepted Islaam. The Companions of the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah left<br />
their places, elated that now `Umar had accepted Islaam along with Hamzah, knowing that these two men would<br />
protect the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah ,ﷺ and help them obtain justice from their enemies.<br />
Ibn Is-ḥaaq concluded: This then, is the account given by the scholars of al-Madeenah concerning the conversion<br />
رضي . ُ هللا ُ عنه to Islaam by `Umar<br />
[Ibn Is-ḥaaq was a Mudallis, and he narrated this incident saying: “I was informed”, and such narrations from him<br />
are not accepted. And this is the reason why Shaikh al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee omitted this Ḥadeeth in his checking of “<strong>Seerah</strong><br />
al-Nabawiyyah”, as Ibn Is-ḥaaq reported this from `Umar رضيُاهللُعنه without a chain.<br />
Furthermore, Shaikh Waṣee-ullaah `Abbaas said in his checking of “Faḍhaa'il al-Ṣaḥaabah” (371b): “The chain of<br />
this narration is “Munqati`” (broken/interrupted). Ibn Hishaam also reported the same in his “al-<strong>Seerah</strong>”. Ibn Sa`d<br />
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