Ibn Sa'd e al-Hakim narraram que Zirr disse: Saí com o povo de Madinah no dia da 'Id e vi 'Umar caminhando descalço, um homem idoso, calvo, de cor amarelada, canhoto, alto, sobressaindo-se sobre as pessoas como se estivesse montado em um animal de montaria. Al-Waqidi disse: Não é conhecido entre nós que 'Umar fosse de cor amarelada, a não ser que o tenha visto no ano da seca, pois sua cor mudava quando comia azeite 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 narrou que Ibn 'Umar descreveu 'Umar e disse: Um homem de tez clara, com um tom avermelhado predominante, alto, calvo e de cabelos grisalhos.

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.

Ele narrou que cUbaydah ibn cUmayr disse: cUmar costumava ultrapassar as pessoas em altura.

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

Ele narrou que Salamah ibn al-Akwa' disse: 'Umar era canhoto e destro, significando que ele usava ambas as mãos juntas.

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

Ibn 'Asakir narrou que Abu Raja' al-'Utaridi disse: 'Umar era um homem alto e robusto, extremamente calvo, de pele clara, mas extremamente avermelhada, com uma leveza nas duas laterais de sua barba; seu bigode era grande e em suas extremidades havia uma vermelhidão, e nas raízes dele havia preto.

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.

Na Tarikh de Ibn ʿAsakir, por diversas cadeias de transmissão, consta que a mãe de ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab era Hantamah, filha de Hisham ibn al-Mughirah, e que ela era irmã de Abu Jahl ibn Hisham; portanto, Abu Jahl era seu tio 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.