Browsing: Umar ibn al-Khattab

Read about Umar as a caliph: public funds, the Hijri calendar, personal accountability and the distinction between documented reports and later stories.

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.

How Umar ibn al-Khattab understood leadership as responsibility for public welfare, with attention to zakat, vulnerable households and the limits of popular anecdotes.

What later historical reports about Umar’s night patrols teach about public accountability, welfare, justice, and the limits of historical certainty.

Stories of Umar ibn al-Khattab’s night patrols explore a question at the heart of public responsibility: what happens when those…

Umar and enjoining good: the Black Stone, Hudaybiyyah’s tree, the Nile story and the importance of reliable evidence, restraint and honest conduct.

Famine and epidemic disease presented different challenges during Umar ibn al-Khattab’s caliphate. This episode examines accounts of hunger and relief,…

A clear guide to zakat, land revenue, public stipends and fiscal accountability during Umar ibn al-Khattab’s caliphate, without forcing modern economic labels onto the seventh century.

Umar’s governors had to carry out responsibilities far from Madinah. This episode considers the qualities expected of them, the need…

How Umar ibn al-Khattab approached public appointments, complaints, taxation and accountability, with attention to the limits of the historical evidence.