A Prayer for Hazrat Umar (ra) after Accepting Islam

Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) relates that when Hazrat Umar (ra) bin Al-Khattab accepted Islam, the Holy Prophet (sa) tapped his hand on his chest three times and recited the following prayer:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اَخْرِجْ مَا فِيْ صَدْرِهٖ مِنْ غِلٍّ، وَ أَبْدِلْهُ اِيْمَانًا

“O Allah! Remove whatever malice is in his heart and replace it with faith.” The Holy Prophet (sa) offered this prayer three times.

(Ibn Abd al-Barr, Al-Isti‘ab fi Ma‘rifat al-Ashab, Vol. 3, Bab Umar bin al-Khattab (ra) [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, 2002], p. 237)

It was mentioned earlier that prior to his acceptance of Islam, Hazrat Umar (ra) extremely opposed the Muslims. However, upon accepting Islam, his acceptance proved to be a means of victory for the Muslims and alleviating them from their hardships.