Is 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz one of the Rightly Guided Caliphs?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) considered one of the Rightly Guided Caliphs mentioned in the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Answer:
No, he is not among the righteous, and he is not among the caliphs. Yes, he is not one of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. He is a caliph, but he is not among the caliphs. The Rightly Guided Caliphs are the four: Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, and 'Ali. These are the Rightly Guided Caliphs whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) named. He said, "Hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs." He named them the Rightly Guided Caliphs. Yes, he did not answer to anyone with them whom the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not name. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) considered one of the Rightly Guided Caliphs mentioned in the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Answer:
No, he is not among the righteous, and he is not among the caliphs. Yes, he is not one of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. He is a caliph, but he is not among the caliphs. The Rightly Guided Caliphs are the four: Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, and 'Ali. These are the Rightly Guided Caliphs whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) named. He said, "Hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs." He named them the Rightly Guided Caliphs. Yes, he did not answer to anyone with them whom the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not name. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 12 من 13/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (1438 هـ) /ويحبون أهل بيت رسول الله/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (49:02)
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