Editing Umar (section)

==== Sunni views ====
{{Main|Sunni view of Umar}}

Umar is remembered by Sunnis as a rigid Muslim of a sound and just disposition in matters of religion; a man they title ''Fārūq'', meaning "Distinguisher", and the second of the rightly guided caliphs. He patched his clothes with skin, took buckets on his two shoulders, always riding his donkey without the saddle, rarely laughing and never joking with anyone. On his ring is written the words "Enough is Death as a reminder to you O' Umar".<ref name="misas168">''Tartib wa Tahthib Kitab [[Al-Bidaya wa l-Nihaya]]'' by [[ibn Kathir]], published by Dar al-Wathan publications, [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia, 1422 AH (2002), compiled by Muhammad ibn Shamil as-Sulami, p. 168</ref> He did not seek advancement for his own family, but rather sought to advance the interests of the Muslim community, the ''[[ummah]]''. According to one of Muhammad's companions, [[Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud]]:
{{blockquote|Umar's submission to Islam was a conquest, his migration was a victory, his Imamate (period of rule) was a blessing, I have seen when we were unable to pray at the Kaabah until Umar submitted, when he submitted to Islam, he fought them (the pagans) until they left us alone and we prayed.|Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud|<ref>as-Suyuti, ''The History of the Khalifas Who Took the Right Way'', p. 112.</ref>}}