Asim ibn Umar

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Asim ibn Umar (Born 7 AH, Died 70 AH.) is the son of Umm Kulthum bint Asim and Umar, the second Sunni Caliph.

This article is not about Asim ibn Umar ibn Qatada ibn al-Nu`man al-Ansari's (d. 120 or 129) ^[1].

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Asim ibn Umar was one of the Tabi‘in and one of the narrators of hadith.

A narration attributed to Malik from Yahya ibn Said reports:

A woman of the Ansar was married to Umar ibn al-Khattab. She bore Asim ibn Umar to him, and then he separated from her. Umar came to Quba and found his son Asim playing in the courtyard of the mosque. He took him by the arm and placed him before him on his mount. The grandmother of the child saw him and argued with Umar about the child so they went to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. Umar said, 'My son.' The woman said, 'My son.' Abu Bakr said, 'Do not interfere between a child and its mother.' Umar did not repeat his words."

Yahya said that he heard Malik say, "This is what I would have done in that situation. ^[2]

Umar was the second Caliph of [Sunni] Islam. He is not recognised by Shi'as. The second Caliph of Islam was Umar. His Caliphate was very successful and was marked by many great achievements. Umar forged many political ties to ensure unity between all Muslims and non-Muslims, created a system to divide all plunder from invasions fairly between everyone in the ummah and particularly avoided taking despotic decisions, consulting the Companions as much as possible. His Caliphate also saw the conquering of Syria, Egypt, Libya, Jerusalem and most of Sasinid (Persian) Empire. Seeing the wide expansion of Islam outside of Arabia, Umar appointed governors (amirs) over the provinces to keep order and to enforce zakah. He also introduced the special form of zakah for Jews and Christians living in Muslim territories which ensured their protection (although conversion was not forced). There was one small problem with Umar’s leadership, however: it was cut short. After ten years of leading the Muslims, Umar was murdered by a Persian slave named Firoz.

Among his children are

Hafs ibn Asim, who in Saheeh al-Bukhaaree alone relates eleven hadith ^[3].
Umar ibn Asim, had a daughter named Umm Miskin bint Umar. She had a freed slave named "Abu Malik"^[4]
Umm Asim bint Asim, the mother of Umar ibn Abdul Aziz, the fifth Sunni Caliph.