
Fifth: idea three — the Assurance of Umar (al-ʿUhda al-ʿUmariyyah)
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05Fifth: idea three — the Assurance of Umar (al-ʿUhda al-ʿUmariyyah)
- The Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab came to Bayt al-Maqdis arriving from the City of the Prophet (Medina).
- He met the Patriarch Sophronius on the Mount of Olives, and dictated his document known as the Assurance of Umar.
The clauses of the Assurance
- He granted the people of Iliya (Jerusalem) safety for themselves, their wealth, their churches and their crosses.
- Their churches shall not be inhabited (by others) nor demolished, they shall not be compelled in religion, and none of them shall be harmed.
- The document also stipulated that no Jew shall dwell in Iliya along with them.
What it signifies
- The tolerance of Islam and its respect for the other religions.
- The far-sightedness of the Caliph and his care that the arrangement should not turn into injustice or dispute in the future.
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