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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

"prayer rug and would recite the surah, making it longer than the longest surah. Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, reported, I prayed with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, two units before Dhuhr, two after it, two after Maghrib in his house, and two after Aisha in his house. Hafsa informed Ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, would pray two units when dawn broke and the caller called out. Ayyub added, and I think he said they were light. Ibn Umar also memorized from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, eight units, two before Dhuhr, two after it, two after Maghrib, and two after Aisha. He mentioned"

Source in The Sublime Beauty →
"Nafi' narrates that he was once with Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, on a path when they heard the sound of a shepherd's flute. Ibn Umar put his fingers in his ears and veered off the path, repeatedly asking Nafi', "Do you still hear it? until Nafi' replied no. Then Ibn Umar removed his fingers and said, "This is how I saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, do.""

Source in The Book of Listening and Ecstasy →
"on his part. Allah the Exalted said, if they obey you, do not seek a way against them, meaning don't seek tricks for separation. Even if the father dislikes her, one should divorce her. Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, said he had a wife he loved, but his father disliked her and ordered him to divorce her. So he consulted the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, who said, O Ibn Umar, divorce your wife. This indicates that the father's right is given priority, but not if the father dislikes her for no corrupt reason, like Umar. If she causes harm to her husband and oversteps his family, she transgresses, as well as if she has bad character or corrupt"

Source in Etiquette of Marriage →
"in dishonest dealings for her sake, as this is a sin against her, not thoughtful consideration. The hadith about allowing women to attend mosques is agreed upon from Ibn Umar's narration, allow women at night to the mosques. The hadith where Aisha said that if the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had known what women had introduced after him, he would have prevented them from going out is agreed upon. Al-Bukhari said he would have prevented them from the mosques. The hadith where Ibn Umar said not to prevent the female servants of Allah from the mosques and one of his sons replied is agreed upon. The hadith about permitting them to go out"

Source in Etiquette of Marriage →
"Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, remarked that if the Prophet had known what changes women introduced after him, he would have prohibited them from going out. Ibn Umar once said, The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, Do not prevent the female servants of Allah from the mosques of Allah. One of his sons replied, By Allah we will indeed prevent them. Ibn Umar struck him and became angry, saying, You hear me say that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, Do not prevent, yet you say, Indeed we will. His son dared to oppose because he knew the state of the times had changed,"

Source in Etiquette of Marriage →
"God's peace and blessings be upon him — though God had already informed him of the news that very night, as Sayf ibn Umar al-Tamimi related from Abu al-Qasim al-Shanawi, from al-Ala ibn Zayd, from Ibn Umar: The news came to the Prophet, God's peace and blessings be upon him, from heaven on the night in which al-Ansi was killed, to bring us glad tidings, and he said: "Al-Ansi was killed last night. A blessed man from a blessed household killed him." It was said: "And who is he?" He said: "Fayruz, Fayruz." And it has been said: that the span of his rule, from the time he appeared until he was killed, was three months; and it is said:"

Source in Abu Bakr al-Siddiq →

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