nov 3, 644 - Death of Umar (RA)

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- ‘Umar was murdered by a Persian slave Abu Lulu in November 644, who had a personal grudge against the caliph.
- Umar had rejected his appeal to be relieved from paying a tax.
- Abu Lulu (Firoz) openly threatened to kill Umar.
- Certain people recommended that Firoz should be arrested, but Umar refused to do so.
- He thus laid down a law that a citizen could not be arrested on grounds of suspicion or perceived danger.
- Umar neither had a personal bodyguard nor a protocol entourage.
- He was attacked totally unguarded. One day, while he was leading the morning prayer, Firoz stabbed him with a poisoned dagger.
- He also killed several other worshippers as he tried to escape.
- When he was finally caught, he slit his own throat. Umar survived for some days.
- During this period, he nominated a panel of six people: Ali, Usman, Talha, Zubair, Abdur Rehman bin Auf and Saad bin Abi Waqas to hold mutual consultation and select his successor from among them.
- Hazrat ‘Umar could not survive his injuries and 3 days after his attack he passed away in Madina.
- As per his wishes he was buried in the Masjid e Nabawi next to the Prophet and Abu Bakr with Hazrat Ayesha’s permission.

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