place as one of the "Four Righteously Guided Caliphs", the Shia do not view him as a legitimate leader of the Ummah and believe that Umar and Abu Bakr...

after Abu Bakr. However, he is viewed negatively in the Twelver Shia tradition. Umar was born in Mecca to the Banu Adi clan, which was responsible for...

Sunni Muslims view Umar (576-644 AD), the second Rashidun Caliph, in a much more favourable way than Shi'a Muslims, who are of the opinion that he, Abu...

rule of the first three caliphs in the interest of Muslim unity. The three caliphs are viewed in Shia Islam as illegitimate rulers and usurpers of Ali's...

misogyny, especially in Shia sources. "Umar's toughness" (shidda) is cited in a Sunni tradition by Aisha as the reason Umar was excluded from a supposed...

point of view. The first four caliphs who succeeded Muhammad are known as the Rashidun (rightly-guided) Caliphs. Abu Bakr (c. 573–634; r. 632–634) Umar ibn...

ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (c. 584 – 644), sometimes referred by Muslims as ʿUmar al-Fārūq ("the one who distinguishes between right and wrong"), was from the...

The Shia view of the Qur'an differs from the Sunni view, but the majority of both groups believe that the text is identical. While some Shia disputed the...

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custom of the time. Ali and his followers refused and were harassed and threatened by Abu Bakr's supporters. According to the Shi'a view, Umar ibn al-Khattab...

century of Islamic history into numerous schools and branches. The two most prominent branches that emerged from these divisions are Sunni and Shia branches...

duty as the leader of the Muslim nation to make war with these people (Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman) until Ali established the decree. Shia claim, however,...

two largest Islamic denominations, the Sunni and Shia, take different approaches to weighing the value of the companions' testimonies, have different hadith...

Umar was the second Rashidun Caliph and reigned during 634–644. Umar's caliphate is notable for its vast conquests. Aided by brilliant field commanders...

beliefs that were contrary to the rest of the Sahaba.[better source needed] Shia Islam began when Abu Bakr, Umar and Abu Ubaydah al Jarrah offered each...

Shia clergy Shia crescent Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent Shia nations Shia Rights Watch Shia view of...

fate of Muhsin as some canonical Shia sources report that Muhsin died in miscarriage, following a raid on her house led by Umar, a companion of Muhammad...

possibly after the Battle of Badr. There is Sunni and Shia evidence that some of the companions, including Abu Bakr and Umar, had earlier asked for Fatima's...

ruled by the first four successive caliphs of Muhammad after his death in 632 CE -- Abu Bakr (r. 632–634), Umar (r. 634–644), Uthman (r. 644–656), and Ali...

among Shia; while Umar, Uthman, Abu Bakr, Aisha are very common among Sunnis but very rare among Shia. The pilgrimage to Mecca, known as hajj, is one of the...

leads the course of prayer in the mosque. It also means the head of a madhhab ("school of thought"). However, from the Shia point of view this is merely...

and also in the Shia Nahj al-balagha. Jafri suggests that Umar deliberately blocked the chances of Ali by granting the chairmanship of the committee to...

incident. In Shia sources, the incident is viewed as a calamity and a missed opportunity to designate Ali as the successor. For instance, the report of al-Mufid...

tree of Umar Umm Kulthum bint Ali (Wife) Abdullah ibn Umar (son) Hafsa bint Umar (Daughter) Asim ibn Umar (son) Sunni view of Umar Shi'a view of Umar Ten...

Umar conspired to take over power in the Muslim nation after Muhammad's death, in a coup d'état against Ali. Most Twelver Shia (as the main branch of...

excuse of "false narrations". Modern Shia historians often cite a number of Sunni scholars who considered Sayf ibn Umar as unreliable on matters of prophetic...

Imāmiyya (Arabic: إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85% of all Shīas. The term Twelver refers to its adherents' belief...

Zaydism (Arabic: الزَّيْدِيَّة, romanized: az-Zaydiyya) is one of the three main branches of Shia Islam that emerged in the eighth century following Zayd ibn...

disputed: For Shia Muslims, Muhammad thus invested Ali with his religious and political authority, while Sunni Muslims view this as a mere statement of friendship...

some other early Shia sources, Ali contrasts the corruption of the third caliph, Uthman, with the political leadership of Abu Bakr and Umar, even though he...