Ibn Sa'd va al-Hakim rivoyat qilishicha, Zirr aytdi: Men Ied kuni Madina xalqi bilan chiqdim va Umarni yalang oyoq yurib ketayotganini ko'rdim. U qari, boshi kal, rangi buzg'unsimon sariq, chap qo'li bilan ishlaydigan, baland bo'yli edi, go'yo minib olgan hayvon ustida bo'lgandek odamlardan ustun ko'rinardi. Al-Voqidiy dedi: Bizning orada Umarning rangi buzg'unsimon sariq bo'lgani ma'lum emas, faqat qurg'oqchilik yilida ko'rgan bo'lsa, shunda uning rangi zaytun moyi iste'mol qilganda o'zgarardi.

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 rivoyat qilishicha, Ibn Umar Umarni shunday ta'riflagan: "U oq yuzli, qizg'ish tusi ustun bo'lgan, baland bo'yli, sochi siyrak va sochlari oqargan odam edi."

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.

U'baydah ibn Umayr rivoyat qilib aytdi: Umar odamlardan bo'yi baland edi.

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

U Salama ibn al-Akva'dan rivoyat qilinadi: Umar chap va o'ng qo'li bilan barobar ishlatardi, ya'ni ikki qo'lini birdek ishlatardi.

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

Ibn Asokir rivoyat qilishicha, Abu Roja' al-Utaridiy shunday degan: "Umar baland bo'yli, bakuvvat, juda kal, oqish, lekin juda qizil yuzli odam edi. Soqolining ikki tarafida siyraklik bor edi. Mo'ylovi katta bo'lib, uchlari qizg'ish edi, ildizlari esa qora edi."

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.

Tarix Ibn Asokirda turli yo'llar orqali rivoyat qilinishicha, Umar ibn al-Xattobning onasi Hantama bint Hishom ibn al-Mug'ira bo'lgan va u Abu Jahl ibn Hishomning singlisi edi, shuning uchun Abu Jahl uning tog'asi bo'lgan.

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.