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has been confiscated by Satan and whose inward has

darkened.” (Kaleed-ul-Tauheed Kalan)

Since Umar was annihilated in the love of Prophet Mohammad, therefore, he was seeing the reality of his beloved (the Divine Essence) who is immortal. In fact, Umar was enraged at the people who were believing in the death of the Holy Prophet. Since he was al-Farooq which means he had the ability to distinguish between the right and wrong, therefore, it made sense why he was angry at people.

Umar has been titled „al-Farooq‟ which means the distinguisher between the right and wrong. Once Abdullah ibn Abbas asked Umar the logic behind his title, to which Umar repeated the words of Usama ibn Zayd. The last part of his statement is; “Then Prophet Mohammad divided us in two categories similar to the folds of millstone. Meanwhile, we entered the Mosque. That was the occasion when I was granted the title of al-Farooq. ”  Ayub ibn Musa related the saying of Prophet Mohammad,

“Righteousness resides in the inward and sight of Umar and he is the one who distinguishes between right and wrong (al-

Farooq).”  Mohammad ibn Sa‟d narrated the saying of Abu Umar ibn

Dhakwan that he asked Aisha, “Who was the first to call

Umar by his title al-Farooq?” She said, “The Holy Prophet was the first one to call him al-Farooq.”  Nazal bin Sabza-tul-Hilali says that once he with some fellows went to see Ali ibn Abi Talib and they started talking about Umar. Ali said, “Umar has such an exalted status that

Allah granted him the title al-Farooq and his sacred self became the boundary between righteousness and evil. I have