The Caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab

Under Umar the community becomes a vast, organized state known for justice, public welfare and accountability.

Umar al Faruq governed for ten years in which the Muslim realm reached Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Persia. He founded the public treasury and stipends, appointed judges, established the Hijri calendar, and walked the streets at night to see the condition of his people. His fear of answering for a lost animal on a distant road became a proverb of accountable leadership.