The Distinctive Quality of the Rightly Guided Caliphs Compared to Other Rulers
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Question:
The Shaykh’s sons. Are the Rightly Guided Caliphs in the hadith the four, or every ruler who lost his prayer and followed the way of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? And is there certainty regarding their standing?
Answer:
The Rightly Guided Caliphs have a distinctive quality compared to other rulers, in that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) linked their Sunnah to his own Sunnah, saying: “Hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs.” As for the rest of the righteous rulers of the Muslims, they have a reward, and the just imam is among the seven whom Allah will shade with His shade on the Day of Resurrection when there is no shade except His. There is no doubt that they have a reward, and they have virtue, and there is good in them, but they are not like the Rightly Guided Caliphs. Yes.
The Shaykh’s sons. Are the Rightly Guided Caliphs in the hadith the four, or every ruler who lost his prayer and followed the way of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? And is there certainty regarding their standing?
Answer:
The Rightly Guided Caliphs have a distinctive quality compared to other rulers, in that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) linked their Sunnah to his own Sunnah, saying: “Hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs.” As for the rest of the righteous rulers of the Muslims, they have a reward, and the just imam is among the seven whom Allah will shade with His shade on the Day of Resurrection when there is no shade except His. There is no doubt that they have a reward, and they have virtue, and there is good in them, but they are not like the Rightly Guided Caliphs. Yes.
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