Note 421 — Chapter XXVIII · DEATH OF OMAR. A.H. XXIII. A.D. 644.
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It is possible that Abd al Rahmân’s subsequent renunciation of the Caliphate in the coming conclave may have led to the tradition of this supposed conversation with Omar; but I give the tradition as I find it; and the facts as stated in the text are not in themselves improbable.