Umar bin al-Khattab, was one of the most rabid enemies of Islam and of Muhammad, the Messenger of God, and was a great tormentor of the Muslims. Umar is claimed to have resolved one day, out of sheer desperation, to kill Muhammad and thereby extinguish the light of Islam itself. With this goal in mind, he left his house. According to legend, Umar was on his way to Dar-ul-Arqam to assassinate Muhammad when he was stopped by a passer-by who informed him that his own sister and her husband had converted to Islam and encouraged him to put his own house in order before embarking on any other big endeavour. Umar was enraged when he learned that his sister and her husband had converted to Islam. To examine the accusation, he instantly altered his path from Arqam's residence to hers. She delivered a subdued but evasive response to his questions. Umar quickly left, bathed himself, returned to his sister's house, studied the Qur'an text, and then proceeded to Arqam's house to publicly adopt Islam.

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