It is stated in al-Fiqh al-Akbar: 'The most noble person after the Prophets (upon them be blessings and peace) is Abu Bakr, the Most Truthful (as-Siddeeq), (may Allaah be pleased with him), then 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, the Differentiator (al-Farooq), (May Allaah be pleased with him)....'

The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said, 'Every Prophet has two ministers (wazeeran) from the inhabitants of the Heavens, and two ministers from those of the Earth. As for my two ministers of the Heavens, they are Jibreel (AS) and Mika'eel (AS), and for my two ministers from those of the earth are Abu Bakr (RA) and Umar (RA).' (Tirmidhi, al-Manaaqib, 3613).

It is related from Ibn Abbaas (RA) that a hypocrite had a dispute with a Jew. The Jew summoned him to the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam), and the hypocrite summoned him to Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf. They [finally] took the case to the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam), who passed a ruling in favour of the Jew. The hypocrite was not pleased and insisted that they go to Umar (RA) for a ruling.

The Jew told Umar (RA) that the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) had already ruled in his favour and the hypocrite had not been pleased. He had insisted that they come to 'Umar (RA). 'Umar (RA) asked the hypocrite whether that was true, and he replied that it was. 'Umar (RA) instructed them to remain where they were until he returned. He went inside, picked up his sword, and came out and beheaded the hypocrite. He then said, 'This is my ruling for the person who is not satisfied with the ruling of Allaah and His Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam).'

Jibreel (AS) states, 'Umar (RA) differentiated between the truth and untruth, so he was named the Differentiator (al-Farooq).' [This is as stated in the Tafseer of Qadi Baywaawi (ra)]

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