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We commence by praising Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala sending blessings and salutations upon Muhammad

May Allah bless them and every single one of us.

My brothers and sisters, we started discussing the life of Umar ibn al-Khattab

and I made clear mention that this man was feared in Quraysh

and he was a young man at the age of 27 approximately when the Prophet

was the Prophet Muhammad.

And as we had heard, it was not befitting of us to make mention of the history of Umar ibn al-Khattab

and he did not mention himself and this was prior to him accepting Islam.

He says he engaged in all the vices.

He was a person and as he has said himself, who worshipped idols that he carved with his own hands

and he was a person who was involved not only with alcohol but even with women

and then as he grew up, he was well respected in Quraysh because he was a businessman

he used to travel a lot with his own caravans and with his own wealth up to the northern part of the Arabian peninsula

and coming down to the south as well and he earned a lot of his wealth

so at a young age not only was he wealthy and eloquent

but at the same time he was quite feared because of his power and might in Quraysh

and over and above that he was a person whom Quraysh used to use to go to other parts of the peninsula

whenever they needed to explain their position because of a difference that they may have had with the others

they used him as an ambassador.

He was known as Safir Quraysh which means one of the spokesperson of Quraysh

and an ambassador that they used to send to other regions or other parts of the peninsula

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