I know i am suppose to be on hiatus :-X but i just had to share this excerpt from "The Sealed Nectar" about how Umar ibn Khattab (R) got the title Al-Farooq ("he who distinguishes truth from falsehood")- it is something i always wondered about! This is shortly after two prominent figures (Hamza (R)- the Prophet's (S) uncle- and Umar (R)) embraced ( Read more... )