Ibn Sa'd y al-Hakim narraron que Zirr dijo: Salí con la gente de Madinah el día de la fiesta del 'Id y vi a 'Umar caminando descalzo, un anciano, calvo, de color bronceado, zurdo, alto, sobresaliendo entre la gente como si estuviera montado en una bestia de monta. Al-Waqidi dijo: Entre nosotros no se sabe que 'Umar fuera de color bronceado, a menos que lo viera en el año de la sequía, porque su color cambiaba cuando comía aceite de oliva.

Ibn Sacd and al-Hakim narrated that Zirr said: I went out with the people of Madinah on the day of cEid and I saw cUmar walking barefoot, an old man, balding, of a tawny colour, left-handed, tall, towering over people as if he were on a riding beast. Al-Waqidi said: It is not known among us that cUmar was tawny, unless he saw him in the year of the drought, because his colour changed when he ate olive oil.

Ibn Sa'd relató que Ibn 'Umar describió a 'Umar y dijo: Era un hombre de tez clara, con predominio de tono rojizo, alto, calvo y de cabello canoso.

Ibn Sacd narrated that Ibn cUmar described cUmar and said: A man of fair complexion, with a ruddy tint prevailing, tall, balding and grey-haired.

Narró que cUbaydah ibn cUmayr dijo: cUmar solía sobresalir a la gente en estatura.

He narrated that cUbaydah ibn cUmayr said: cUmar used to overtop people in height.

Narró que Salamah ibn al-Akwa' dijo: 'Umar era zurdo y diestro, es decir, que usaba ambas manos a la vez.

He narrated that Salamah ibn al-Akwac said: cUmar was left and right-handed, meaning that he used both hands together.

Ibn ʿAsākir narró que Abu Rayá al-ʿUtaridi dijo: ʿUmar era un hombre alto y robusto, muy calvo, de piel clara pero extremadamente rojiza, con una ligera escasez de pelo en los dos lados de la barba; su bigote era grande y en sus extremos había un tono rojizo, mientras que en la raíz había negro.

Ibn cAsakir narrated that Abu Raja’ al-cUtaridi said: cUmar was a tall stout man, extremely bald, fair but extremely ruddy, in the two sides of his beard a lightness, his moustache was large and at its extremities there was a redness at the roots of which there was black.

En el Tarij de Ibn 'Asakir, por diversas vías, se transmite que la madre de 'Umar ibn al-Jattab era Hantamah, hija de Hisham ibn al-Mughirah, y que era hermana de Abu Yahl ibn Hisham; de modo que Abu Yahl era su tío materno.

In the Tarikh of Ibn cAsakir by various routes there is that the mother of cUmar ibn al-Khattab was Hantamah the daughter of Hisham ibn al-Mughirah and she was the sister of Abu Jahl ibn Hisham, so that Abu Jahl was his maternal uncle.