http://www.sunnah.org/publication/kh...en/caliph2.htm
`Umar ibn al-Khattab ibn Nufayl ibn `Abd al-`Uzza ibn Rayyah, Shaykh al-Islam, Amir al-Mu’minin, Abu Hafs al-Qurashi al-`Adawi al-Faruq (d. 23). Among the Companions who narrated from him: `Ali, Ibn Mas`ud, Ibn `Abbas, Abu Hurayra, and especially his son Ibn `Umar upon whose narrations Malik relied in his Muwatta’. He was described as fair-skinned with some reddishness, tall with a large build, fast-paced, and a skilled fighter and horseman. He embraced Islam after having fought it, in the year 6 of the Prophethood, at age twenty-seven. This was the result of the Prophet’s explicit supplication: "O Allah! Strengthen Islam with `Umar ibn al-Khattab." In his time Islam entered Egypt, Syria, Sijistan, Persia, and other regions. He died a martyr, stabbed in the back while at prayer by a Sabean or Zoroastrian slave, at sixty-six years of age.
I was going to leave the 1st question for someone else to answer, but since no one has yet, I guess I will. Actually, all I was able to recall from memory was that Prophet Muhammad had 9 paternal uncles since his grandfather, Abdul Muttalib had 10 sons
. Now, the names I remember are: Hamza (who became Muslim and was killed in the Battle of Uhud), Al'Abbas (also became Muslim), Abu Lahab (remained a mushrik- recall surat almasad), and Abu Talib (supported Prophet Muhammad throughout his entire life, but unfortunately, never became Muslim
). I cheated and looked up the rest.
~Ayah
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