By Abdul Basit Ahmad, Darussalam, Paperback, 48 pages
A book from the enlightening series of real life stories of the greatest heroes of Islam, Prophet Muhammad’s (S) companions. This book focuses on the Second Caliph of Islam, Umar Bin Al-Khattab (RA).
Umar bin Khattab (R) is one of the great Companions of the Prophet (S) and second Caliph of Islam. He was so firm in his practice of Islam that he usually could sense what was right or wrong before the Prophet (S) had informed others of it. He used to say his friends: If a mule stumbles near the Euphrates River, I fear being questioned by Allah as to why I had not paved the road for it. This book sheds light on the life and struggle of the greatest example of a just ruler. We should follow his footsteps to maintain justice in every walk of our life.
About the author:
Abdul Basit Ahmad is a Muslim Sunni author. In 1982, he left Aleppo to join Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in Saudi Arabia as a translator. In addition to translation, he works as an editor of Al-Da'wah Magazine published in English in Riyadh. He wrote several short books on the companions of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH.
