A Pearl of Wisdom Regarding ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

Ibn Masʿūd said:

ما كنا نقدر أن نصلي عند الكعبة حتى أسلم عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه إن إسلام عمر كان فتحا وإن هجرته كانت نصرا وإن إمارته كانت رحمة

“We were not able to pray at the Kaʿbah until ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb embraced Islām. His Islām was a triumph, his migration was a victory, and his governance was a mercy.”

(Samīr al-Muʾminīn, 81)