Ma'dan bin Abi Talhah al-Ya'mari narrates from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said on the pulpit: I saw in a dream as if a rooster pecked me three times, and I interpreted (it) as being some non-Arab. And indeed I have entrusted my matter (the choice of the caliphate) to these six people with whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was pleased at the time of his death: Uthman, Ali, Talhah, al-Zubayr, Abd al-Rahman bin Awf and Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas. So whichever of them is chosen (as Khalifah), he will be the Khalifah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) that Abu Lu'lu'ah (whose name was Fayruz, and who was a Christian) was the slave of Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him), and he used to make hand-mills. Al-Mughirah used to take four dirhams from him daily (as a levy). Abu Lu'lu'ah met Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: O Amir al-Mu'minin, al-Mughirah has placed a heavy burden (of levy) on me; speak to him so that he lightens it for me somewhat. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Fear Allah and deal well with your master." And Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) intended to meet al-Mughirah and speak to him about lightening it for him. The narrator said: At this Abu Lu'lu'ah became angry and said: His justice encompasses all people except me! So he became enraged and firmly resolved to kill him. He made a double-edged dagger, sharpened it well and smeared it with poison. (At the time of the attack) Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said the takbir for the prayer, and it was his habit that when the prayer was established he would not say the takbir until he had said to the people: Straighten your rows. So that accursed man stood in the row right next to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) (in the first row). When the Fajr prayer began and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said the takbir, he stabbed him on his shoulder, then in another place, and then in his flank, whereupon Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) fell. Along with him he wounded thirteen more people, of whom seven survived and six died. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was carried away, and agitation spread among the people until the sun was about to rise. Then Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) called out: O people, the prayer, the prayer! So the people turned to the prayer, and Abd al-Rahman bin Awf stepped forward and led the people in prayer, in which he recited the two shortest surahs of the Qur'an. When they had finished the prayer, the people hurried to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He asked for something to drink in order to find out the depth of the wound, and date nabidh was brought to him. He drank it, and it came out of the wound, so that it could not be known whether it was blood or nabidh. Then he asked for milk and drank it, and it too came out of the wound (in its white colour). At this the people said (consoling him): O Amir al-Mu'minin, no harm will come to you. He said: "If being killed is harm (ba's), then I have indeed been killed."

It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyab (may Allah have mercy on him) that when Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) returned from Mina on the occasion of his last Hajj, he made his camel kneel at al-Batha', then made a heap of pebbles, spread one end of his cloak over it and reclined, then he raised his hands towards the sky and supplicated: 'Allahumma kabirat sinni, wa da'ufat quwwati, wa intasharat ra'iyyati, fa-qbidni ilayka ghayra mudayyi'in wa la mufarrit' (O Allah, my age has advanced, my strength has weakened and (the responsibilities of) my subjects have spread wide; so take me to Yourself in a state in which I am neither one who has neglected (rights) nor one who has fallen short). Then he came to Madinah in the month of Dhu al-Hijjah and addressed the people in a sermon, saying: "O people, the Sunnahs have been made clear for you, the obligations have been laid down for you, and I have left you upon a bright highway." And striking one of his hands on the other (for emphasis), he said: "Beware! Do not let yourselves lead the people off to the right and the left." The month of Dhu al-Hijjah had not yet ended when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) remained alive for three days after being wounded; then he passed away, and he was given the ritual bath (ghusl) and shrouded.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both); he said: I came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) when he had been wounded, and I said: "O Amir al-Mu'minin, receive the glad tidings of Paradise! You believed when people were disbelieving; you strove in jihad alongside the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when people abandoned him (peace and blessings be upon him); then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away while he was pleased with you; not even two people disagreed about your caliphate; and now you are being granted martyrdom." He said: "Repeat what you said." So I repeated those words. Then he said: "By Allah, besides whom there is no true deity, if I had all the gold and silver on the face of the earth, I would give it as a ransom to be saved from the terror that lies ahead (that is, death and the stages after it)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the funeral prayer of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was offered in the mosque, and Sayyiduna Suhayb (may Allah be pleased with him) led his funeral prayer.

Hisham bin Urwah narrates from his father that when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, Sayyiduna Ali and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them both) began to hasten ahead of each other to lead the funeral prayer. Then Sayyiduna Suhayb (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the two of them: "Both of you step back from me, for I have been given authority (of leading) over your affairs in more than leading the funeral prayer of Sayyiduna Umar; it is I who have been leading you in the obligatory prayers." So it was Sayyiduna Suhayb (may Allah be pleased with him) who led his funeral prayer.

Muhammad bin Sa'd narrates from al-Waqidi that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) performed Hajj for ten consecutive years, one Hajj of which was during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) and nine during his own caliphate. He was buried beside Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) in the chamber of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). The period of Sayyiduna Umar's (may Allah be pleased with him) caliphate was ten years, five months and twenty-nine days.

It is narrated from Abu Salamah, Yahya bin Abd al-Rahman bin Hatib and others that when Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) was wounded, he said to his son Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): "Go to Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), convey my greetings of peace to her and say: Umar says that if it causes you no harm and you do not feel it straitens your space, then I wish to be buried beside my two companions (the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Abu Bakr al-Siddiq); but if it harms you or you feel it straitens you, then by my life, in this Baqi' are buried Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Mothers of the Believers who are better than Umar." When the messenger reached her, she said: "Indeed, it will cause me no harm and no straitening." Then he said: "Then bury me with the two of them."

It is narrated from al-Qasim bin Muhammad; he said: I looked at the graves in the blessed chamber of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that is, the graves of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and I found red pebbles (hasba' hamra') lying on them.