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Abdur-Rahman Ibn Awf (R.A.) was one of the first eight persons to accept Islam. He was one of the ten persons who were assured of entering Jannah (Paradise). He was one of the six persons chosen by Umar Ibn Khattab (R.A.) to form the council of Shura to choose the Caliph after his death.
His full name is Umar ibn Al-Khattab ibn Nufayl ibn Abdul- Uzza. He was known as Abu Hafs and earned the nickname of Al Farooq (the Criterion) because he showed his Islam openly in Makkah and through him Allah distinguished between disbelief and faith.
He was one of the six persons chosen by Umar to form the council of shura to choose the Khalifah after his death. His name in Jahiliyyah days was Abu Amr. But when he accepted Islam the noble Prophet called him Abdur-Rahman - the servant of the Beneficent God.
Abdul-Rahman ibn Awf was one of the greatest among the Companions of the Prophet, and his place is close to Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq and Umar ibn Al-Khattab. He came into the fold of Islam just two days after Abu Bakr became Muslim.
The first narration. Umm Kulthum was the daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib ibn Abdul Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ibn Qusai. Her mother was Fatima, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (S) 1 and Khadijah bint Khuwailid ibn Asad ibn Abdul Uzza ibn Qusai. She was a young girl when Umar married her.
'Umar bin Al-Khattab said, "O Allah's Apostle! I vowed to observe Itikaf for one day during the Pre-lslamic period." The Prophet ordered him to fulfill his vow. 'Umar gained two lady captives from the war prisoners of Hunain and he left them in some of the houses at Mecca.
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He also named a counsel of 6 people and told them to choose the next caliph from among themselves: Abdul Rahman, Sad, Zubair, Talha, Ali, and Othman. It was suspected that a Persian general named Harmuzan instigated the murder.