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Biographies and historical articles about the companions.
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Episode 17 – As-Siddiq – Farewell, O Siddiqui
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Abu Bakr’s death and legacy: the final illness, Umar’s succession and sourced accounts of companionship, generosity and human fallibility.
Episode 16 – Umar on Enjoining Good and Forbidding Wrong
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Umar and enjoining good: the Black Stone, Hudaybiyyah’s tree, the Nile story and the importance of reliable evidence, restraint and honest conduct.
Episode 16 – As-Siddiq – Battle of Yarmuk
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The Battle of Yarmuk in 636 under Umar: its place after Abu Bakr’s campaigns, the surviving historical account and the limits of precise figures.
Episode 15 – Al-Farooq Omar’s Night Patrol Story – Part 2
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Stories of Umar ibn al-Khattab’s night patrols explore a question at the heart of public responsibility: what happens when those…
Episode 15 – As-Siddiq – The Beginning of the Sham Campaign
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The campaigns in al-Sham under Abu Bakr: the commanders, the move from Iraq, instructions on conduct and the sequence before Yarmuk.
Episode 14 – Umar’s Night Patrols and Public Accountability – Part 1
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What later historical reports about Umar’s night patrols teach about public accountability, welfare, justice, and the limits of historical certainty.
Episode 14 – As-Siddiq – The Beginning of the Persian Campaign
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The early campaigns against Sasanian territory: Khalid, al-Muthanna, al-Hira and the distinction between frontier gains and later conquests.
Episode 13 – Umar’s Approach to Social Responsibility
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How Umar ibn al-Khattab understood leadership as responsibility for public welfare, with attention to zakat, vulnerable households and the limits of popular anecdotes.
Episode 13 – Abu Bakr and the Battle of Yamama
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The Battle of Yamama in the Ridda wars, the defeat of Musaylima’s movement, the heavy losses among Quran reciters and the decision to collect the Quran in writing.
Episode 12 – Umar’s Family Life: Responsibility and Public Trust
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A source-conscious look at Umar ibn al-Khattab’s relationships with Abdullah and Hafsa, and the principle that public authority should not become private family advantage.