Umar عمر
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2nd Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate
23 August 634 – 3 November 644
Predecessor	Abu Bakr
Successor	Uthman ibn Affan
Born	c. 586 or 589 CE Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia
Died	November 644 CE (Dhu al-Hijjah 23 AH/Muharram 24 AH) (aged 60–61) Medina, Hejaz, Rashidun Caliphate
Burial	Prophet's Mosque, Medina
Spouse	Zaynab bint Madhun Umm Kulthum bint Jarwal Qurayba bint Abi Umayya Jamila bint Thabit Atiqa bint Zayd Umm Hakim bint al-Harith ibn Hisham Umm Kulthum bint Ali
Issue (among others)	Hafsa Abd Allah Ubayd Allah Asim Zayd
Tribe	Quraysh (Banu Adi)
Father	Khattab ibn Nufayl
Mother	Hantamah bint Hisham
Religion	Islam
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ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (Arabic: عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, c. 586/589 – 644) was the second Rashidun caliph. He ruled from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr (r. 632–634) as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate on 23 August 634. Umar was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was also a father-in-law of Muhammad. Umar was an expert Muslim jurist. He was known for his pious and just nature. It earned him the epithet al-Farooq. This meand "the one who distinguishes (between right and wrong)".