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The Four Rightly Guided Caliphs (Arabic: الخلفاء الراشدون‎ transliterated: al-Khulafā’ur-Rāshidūn) is a term used in Sunni Islam and in general around the world to refer to the first four caliphs who are seen as being model leaders. They were all close companions of Muhammad, and their succession was not hereditary, something that would become the custom for later Muslim rulers. In order, they are: The Arabic alphabet is the script used for writing in the Arabic language. ... Due to the fact that the Arabic language has a number of phonemes that have no equivalent in English or other European languages, a number of different transliteration methods have been invented to represent certain Arabic characters, due to various conflicting goals: A desire to stay consistent with traditional usage... Sunni Muslims are the largest denomination of Islam. ... Anglicized/Latinized version of the Arabic word خليفة or Khalifah, is the term or title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah, or community of Islam. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Succession is the act or process of pooing or of following in order or sequence. ... Inheritance is the practice of passing on property, titles, debts, and obligations upon the death of an individual. ...

The Rashidun made significant conquests, and brought large areas under the fold of Islam.
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The Rashidun made significant conquests, and brought large areas under the fold of Islam.

A small minority include Hasan ibn Ali as a fifth righteously guided Caliph, however most do not consider him to have been caliph at all. In the Ibadhi tradition, only Abu Bakr and Umar are considered to be the Two Rightly Guided Caliphs. Sections of the Uthman and Ali eras are considered righteous. Urdu speaking Sunnis occasionally refer to the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs as the Four Friends (چار یار, chaar yaar) Abu Bakr As Siddiq (Arabic ابو بكر الصديق, alternative spellings, Abubakar, Abi Bakr, Abu Bakar) (c. ... For other uses of the name, see Umar (disambiguation). ... Leave this page if youre under 18!! - Page contains huge lies and hardly has any facts > it will surely misguide you! Uthman ibn Affan (Arabic: عثمان بن عفان) (c. ... Ali ibn Abu Talib (Arabic: علي بن أبي طالب translit: ‘AlÄ« ibn Abu Ṭālib Persian: علی پسر ابو طالب) ‎ (599 – 661) is an early Islamic leader. ... Image File history File links Rashidmap. ... Image File history File links Rashidmap. ... Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abu Talib (c. ... Al-Ibadhiyah is a form of Islam distinct from the Shiite and Sunni sects. ... For other uses of the name, see Uthman (disambiguation). ... The phrase Zaban-e Urdu-e Mualla written in () is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family that developed under Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, and Sanskrit influence in South Asia during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). ...


According to Shi'a Islam, the first caliph should have been Ali followed by the Imams, as they believe Allah (God) directed Muhammad to select Ali. Shia Islam, also Shi`ite Islam or Shi`ism (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: Persian: ‎ ) is the second largest denomination of the religion of Islam. ... The Shia Imam is considered by the Shia sect of Islam to be the rightful successor to Muhammad, and is similar to the Caliph in Sunni Islam only with regards to the aspect of political leadership. ... Allah is both the Arabic and Aramaic term for God in Abrahamic religions, and is the main term for God in Islam. ...


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Caliph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3054 words)
Caliph is the term or title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah, or community of Islam.
The first four caliphs are called the Rashidun, the Rightly Guided Caliphs, because they are believe to have followed the Qur'an and the way or sunnah of Muhammad in all things.
But by 940 the power of the caliphate under the Abbasids was waning as non-Arabs, particularly the Turkish (and later the Mamluks in Egypt in the latter half of the 13th century), gained influence, and sultans and emirs became increasingly independent.
Islam Glossary (4460 words)
The institution of the caliphs is called the "Caliphate." The office of caliph was held first by the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs, then by the Umayyads, and then the Abbasids.
Second, that unlike the caliphate, the successor should be a religious and spiritual leader as well as a wielder of worldly and temporal power.
Uthman was the third of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, and ruled from the death of Umar in 644 to 656.
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