Umar accepts Islam
إسلام عمر بن الخطاب
c. December 616 CE
In Dhu al-Hijja of year six — three days after Hamza — Umar, who had set out with his sword to kill the Prophet, was redirected by Nu'aym ibn Abdullah to his own sister's house; he heard the opening of sura Ta-Ha from Sa'id and Fatima, then went to the house of al-Arqam and declared the shahada, and the Muslims marched out in two rows and prayed openly at the Kaaba.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Connections
- Had participant
- Suhayb ibn Sinan al-Rumi· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Fatima bint al-Khattab· Sa'id ibn Zayd· Nu'aym ibn Abdullah (al-Nahham)· Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib· al-As ibn Wa'il· Muhammad
- Occurred at
- Mecca
- Caused by
- Hamza accepts Islam
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
- Led to
- Utba ibn Rabi'a's offer to the Prophet
People and things also explored
Quraysh· Mecca· The three years of the secret call· Hamza accepts Islam· Muhammad· The Pledge of the Tree (Bay'at al-Ridwan)· The Battle of Badr· The Battle of Uhud
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- Tarikh Umar ibn al-Khattab — Ibn al-Jawzi
- Ibn Ishaq / Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad (1955)
- Watt, Muhammad at Mecca (1953)
- Lings, Muhammad (1983)
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islam.museum contributors. “Umar accepts Islam”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/islam-of-umar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.