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ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar

عبد الله بن عمر

Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

Dates
614–693 CE / 10 BH–73 AH
Relation to the Prophet ﷺ
Son of ʿUmar; accepted Islam as a boy in Makkah
Hadith narrated
2,630
The Strict Follower of the Sunnah
Known for

The companion who most strictly imitated the Prophet's ﷺ smallest actions — down to where he stepped.

Life

Ibn ʿUmar was the son of the second caliph, but his fame is his own. He was known for an almost literal devotion to the Prophet's ﷺ practice — if the Prophet ﷺ stopped at a certain tree on a journey, Ibn ʿUmar would stop at the same tree decades later. His companions teased him for it; he refused to stop.

He narrated 2,630 hadith — second only to Abū Hurayrah. He refused the caliphate when it was offered, saying he would not split the Muslim community over it. He lived to 87, long after the other great companions had died, serving as a living memory of the Prophet's ﷺ practice for the generation of the tābiʿūn.

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Passages that mention ʿAbdullāh

  1. "The prohibition of proposing over another's proposal is agreed upon from the Hadith of Ibn Umar, which states that one should not propose to a woman if his brother has already proposed, unless the initial suitor leaves her or permits him."

    Source in Etiquette of Marriage →

  2. "Ibn Umar asked the Prophet peace be upon him. Can one of us sleep while in a state of major ritual impurity?"

    Source in Etiquette of Marriage →

  3. "food is more beloved to me than to free a slave. Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with both, would say,"

    Source in Etiquettes of Eating →

  4. "heavens. Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, asked, where is God? He answered, in the hearts of"

    Source in The Book of the Wonders of the Heart →

  5. "the listeners are one of the backbiters, narrated by al-Tabarani from Ibn Umar, wherein the messenger"

    Source in Evils of the Tongue →

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