Suhaym, Utba's Mawla

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Suhaym, Utba ibn Farqad's mawla; he carried the two khabis baskets to Umar, who tasted them and sent back his famous letter.

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The Rashidun Caliphate
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Suhaym, client of Utba ibn Farqad. Utba sent him to Umar with two baskets of Khabis, and Umar tasted it and wrote to Utba his well-known letter. See Umar's letter to Utba about Khabis 1.

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Utba ibn Farqad's Khabis Baskets

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Umar ibn al-Khattab· Utba ibn Farqad al-Sulami· Azerbaijan· Utba ibn Farqad's Khabis Baskets

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Umar ibn al-Khattab

Second caliph (634–644); under his rule the early community conquered Syria, Egypt and much of the Sasanian Empire. Remembered in Sunni tradition as al-Faruq, the model of just rule. ومن مناقبه في الصحيح القصر الذي رآه له النبي في الجنة فأخلى النظر إليه حياءً لغيرته ، ولبن الرؤيا الذي أوله النبي بالعلم فناوله إياه. ويروي هو صعوده إلى مشربة النبي حين اعتزل أزواجه فرأى أثر الحصير في جنبه فبكى فقال له «أما ترضى أن تكون لهم الدنيا ولنا الآخرة». ورأى حلة سيراء عند باب المسجد فعرضها على النبي ليلبسها يوم الجمعة وللوفد فقال «إنما يلبسها من لا خلاق له في الآخرة» ثم أهداها إليه بعد فكساها أخاً له مشركاً بمكة.