LessonsThe Rightly Guided Caliphate, Ten Promised Paradise, the Righteous Predecessors and SaintsQuiz

ثُمَّ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ لِعُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
Then the caliphate is affirmed for ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, then ʿUthmān, then ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, may Allah be pleased with them.

Order of succession:
1. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq.
2. ʿUmar al-Fārūq.
3. ʿUthmān.
4. ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib.

These four are known as the Rightly Guided Caliphs.

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The four Rightly Guided Caliphs

The Rightly Guided Caliphate, Ten Promised Paradise, the Righteous Predecessors and Saints

ثُمَّ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ لِعُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
Then the caliphate is affirmed for ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, then ʿUthmān, then ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, may Allah be pleased with them.

Order of succession:
1. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq.
2. ʿUmar al-Fārūq.
3. ʿUthmān.
4. ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib.

These four are known as the Rightly Guided Caliphs.