Hadith of Umar's assassination

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Some famous recorded oral tradition among Muslims (Arabic: hadith) are regarding the killing and last days of Umar.

Although this narrations are quoted and referred to, they are not given any formal name, in contrast to other hadith such as the Hadith of the pond of Khumm or the Hadith of Qur'an and Sunnah

1 Introduction
2 Narration
3 Muslim view
- 3.1 Sunni view
- 3.2 Shi'a view
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Introduction

Umar was the second Sunni Caliph, viewed as a righteous successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Mughira ibn Shu'ba was one of the peoples in Umar's government, and had a slave named Abu-Lu'lu'ah. Abu-Lu'lu'ah ended up killing Umar and committing suicide.

[edit] Narration

A narration attributed to Az-Zuhri reports:

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A narration attributed to 'Amr ibn Maymun al-Ansari reports:

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A narration attributed to Umar reports:

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A narration attributed to Abu Rafi' reports:

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A narration attributed to 'Amr ibn Maimun reports:

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A narration attributed to Abu Rafi reports:

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Ali Asgher Razwy, a 20th century Shi'a twelver Islamic scholar writes:

[edit] Muslim view

Muslims view this hadith as notable and important since they portray the motives and events that preceded the killing of Umar, and also describe how the assassination occurred. It also describes what Umar did his last days, events that resulted in The election of Uthman.

[edit] Sunni view

Suyuti, a 16th century Sunni Islamic scholar

[edit] Shi'a view

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