WHO WERE THE 4 RIGHTLY GUIDED KHALIFAHS OF ISLAM?

A CONCISE HISTORY OF ISLAM

The first four Caliphs or rulers of Islam after the Prophet Muhammad are known as The Rightly Guided Caliphs (Rāshidūn). They were Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and ‘Ali.

Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A)-As-Siddiq ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632 to 634 CE when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad’s death. As caliph, Abu Bakr succeeded to the political and administrative functions previously exercised by Muhammad. He was commonly known as The Truthful (الصديق, As-Saddīq).

ʿUmar ibn Al-Khaṭṭāb

Hazrat Umar (R.A)-Al-Farooq succeeded Abu Bakr (632–634) as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate on 23 August 634. He was one of the most powerful and influential Muslim caliphs in history. He was a senior companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

Uthman ibn Affan

Hazrat Usman (R.A)-Al-Ghani, also known in English by the Turkish and Persian rendering, Osman, (579–17 June 656), was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third of the Rashidun, or “Rightly Guided Caliphs.”

ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib

Hazrat Ali (R.A)-Asadullah, cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, and fourth of the “rightly guided” (rāshidūn) caliphs, as the first four successors of Muhammad are called. He reigned from 656 to 661.

Ali’s sons…