تولية عمر بن عبد العزيز الخلافة

تولية عمر بن عبد العزيز الخلافة

99 ھ

In 99 Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz was appointed at Dabiq, after Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik had written his testament to him ^{1 2}. Al-Tabari gives his death in 101, among that year's reports ³. In al-Suyuti: Sulayman consulted Raja' ibn Haywa, who advised Umar and after him Yazid; he wrote the testament, sealed it, and ordered the people to pay allegiance to whoever was named in it, and whoever refused should have his neck struck. The faces of the Banu Abd al-Malik changed until they heard 'and after him Yazid', and then they drew back. Umar was stunned when the letter was read out in his name; he was brought close to the pulpit and raised up, and said: 'I am not a judge, but an executor; I am not an innovator, but a follower.' He declined the caliph's mount and rode his own beast ⁴