Who Was Abu Lu'lu'ah? Assassin of Umar in Islamic History

Before the worldBefore Adam

The first nationsAdam to Shuayb

Egypt and Bani Israilc. 1300–1000 BCE

Bani Israil and Romec. 1000 BCE – 250 CE

Arabia before IslamUp to 570 CE

Enemies of the Prophet ﷺ610–632 CE

After the Prophet ﷺ632–1000 CE

Crusades and conquests1090–1502 CE

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Ten signs before the Hour

Isa ibn Maryam descends
A landslide in the east
A landslide in the west
A landslide in Arabia
The smoke
The sun rises from the west
The Beast of the earth
A fire from Yemen drives people to their gathering

Sahih Muslim lists ten major signs before the Hour without fixing their order. This follows a common order given by the scholars. Sahih Muslim 2901a ↗

Villains of history57 / 76

أبو لؤلؤة

Abu Lu'lu'ah

Assassin of Umar644 CE · 23 AH

Relied onA two-bladed dagger

Undone byHis own blade

Fayruz, a Persian slave of al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah, stabbed Caliph Umar with a two-bladed dagger as he led the dawn prayer, then struck thirteen others as he fled.

How it ended

Trapped under a cloak, he killed himself. Umar died days later, thanking Allah that his killer was not a Muslim.

But whoever kills a believer intentionally - his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him and has cursed him and has prepared for him a great punishment.
Quran 4:93

The lessonUmar had asked Allah for martyrdom in the city of the Prophet ﷺ, and was given it.

In the Quran

4:93

Stood against: Umar ibn al-Khattab
Source: Authentic hadithSahih al-Bukhari tells the killing in detail, from Amr ibn Maymun, who was in the prayer.Sahih al-Bukhari 3700 ↗

Every villain in Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal

Each entry is drawn from the Quran, authentic hadith (with links to sunnah.com), the classical commentators and the historians. Companions who fought Islam and later became Muslim are not included, nor are figures Muslims disagree about.