Assassination and death
· Prophet's Mosque, Medina, Hejaz, Arabia
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported · file Umar was fatally stabbed while leading congregational prayer in Medina's mosque and died in Medina. The source notes conflicting historical accounts over whether he died on the day of the stabbing or three days later; it explicitly gives 6 November 644 for his death.
