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Caliph Umar the Distinguisher (Farooq) MBTI Personality Type

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Personality

What personality type is Caliph Umar the Distinguisher (Farooq)? Caliph Umar the Distinguisher (Farooq) is an ENTJ personality type in MBTI, 8w7 - sx/so - 836 in Enneagram, SLOEI in Big 5, SLE in Socionics.

Umar is an example of a healthy ENTJ with a strong choleric temperament. His rough childhood saved him from ending up on the evil side. Those experiences led him to surrender his inferior Fi to Allah. He still possessed high ego or self-worth, but it was bound to the Creator’s rules, which made him a great and strict leader. From the history written by Prof. Dr. Ali Muhammad Ash-Shallabi, it is mentioned that he had several divorces in his lifetime (Wallahu a‘lam, I do not know what happened, it is between Allah and his family matters). However, one thing is clear: he once said that he married because he wanted his children to be the next generation who would keep engaging in tasbih and dhikr to Allah. From this, the influence of inferior Fi is evident: an ENTJ tends to process emotions in an all-or-nothing way, which may seem harsh and strict to those who do not understand him. There is a quotation from him below: Shaddad ibn Aws reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “O Allah, I am weak, so make me strong. I am harsh, so make me gentle. I am miserly, so make me generous.” Source: Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 5179 Lastly, apart from that, Prophet Muhammad SAW ever prayed to Allah like from this hadith below. Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “O Allah, strengthen Islam with one of two men whom you love more: Abu Jahl or Umar ibn al-Khattab.” Ibn Umar said, “The most beloved of the two was Umar.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3681 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Tirmidhi Finally, Umar reverted to Islam, while both had initially been completely against it. In fact, at one point, Umar even planned to kill Prophet Muhammad SAW.

Biography

Umar, also spelled Omar ("Umar, Son of Al-Khattab"; c. 584 CE – 3 November 644 CE), was one of the most powerful and influential Muslim caliphs in history. He was a senior companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He succeeded Abu Bakr (632–634) as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate on 23 August 634. He was an expert Muslim jurist known for his pious and just nature, which earned him the epithet Al-Farooq ("the one who distinguishes (between right and wrong)"). He is sometimes referred to as Umar I by historians of Islam, since a later Umayyad caliph, Umar II, also bore that name.Under Umar, the caliphate expanded at an unprecedented rate, ruling the Sasanian Empire and more than two-thirds of the Byzantine Empire. His attacks against the Sasanian Empire resulted in the conquest of Persia in less than two years (642–644). According to Jewish tradition, Umar set aside the Christian ban on Jews and allowed them into Jerusalem and to worship. Umar was eventually killed by the Persian Piruz Nahavandi (known as ’Abū Lu’lu’ah in Arabic) in 644 CE. Umar is revered in the Sunni tradition as a great ruler and paragon of Islamic virtues, and some hadiths identify him as the second greatest of the Sahaba after Abu Bakr. He is viewed negatively in the Shia tradition.

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