Refuting the Fabricated Stories That 'Umar Killed His Daughter and Worshipped a Date Before Islamتكذيب قصة قتل عمر لابنته وعبادته لتمرة قبل إسلامه
Questioner: Well-known stories are told regarding 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, before his acceptance of Islam — that he buried his daughter alive, and that he once made an idol from dates and then ate it. How should these stories be treated?
These are stories with no basis. The story that 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, killed his own daughter is not authentic, and neither is the story that he worshipped a date and then ate it, nor other similar stories — none of this is established. It is true that 'Umar, before his acceptance of Islam, was upon idol-worship like the rest of those who had not yet embraced Islam, but the specific story that he killed his own daughter has no authentic basis.
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سُئل: تُروى قصص مشهورة عن عمر رضي الله عنه قبل إسلامه، أنه كان يقتل ابنته وأده، وأنه كان يصنع صنمًا من التمر ثم يأكله، فكيف يُتعامل مع هذه القصص؟
هذه حكايات لا أصل لها. حكاية أن عمر رضي الله عنه قتل ابنته لا تصح، وحكاية أنه كان يعبد تمرة ثم يأكلها لا تصح، وغير ذلك من الحكايات لا يصح شيء منها. نعم، عمر قبل إسلامه كان على عبادة الأوثان كغيره ممن لم يسلم بعد، لكن قصة قتله لابنته بعينها لا يثبت لها أصل.