Martyrdom of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb

At the dawn prayer of Wednesday 26 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 23 AH, as he straightened the rows of the Prophet's mosque, ʿUmar was stabbed six times by Abū Luʾluʾah, a Persian slave with a private grievance. He died three days later, having refused to name a successor outright and instead confined the choice to six of the earliest companions — the shūrā that produced ʿUthmān.

His ten years had annexed the Sasanian empire and half the Roman one, founded the garrison cities and the dīwān, and instituted the Hijri calendar this database is built on. He asked ʿĀʾishah's leave to be buried beside the Prophet ﷺ and Abū Bakr, "for I prefer that place to my bed."

The chronology of the stabbing, death and burial is carried in unusual detail.