The Meaning of the Rightly Guided Caliphs in the Sunnah
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh. This is Salim asking about the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “Hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs.” Who are the Rightly Guided Caliphs in terms of their specific identities?
The Shaykh:
The four: Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthman, and ‘Ali are the Rightly Guided Caliphs. It has been said that the caliphate of al-Hasan completed the caliphate of the Rightly Guided Caliphs; al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali. It has also been said that ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz is the fifth caliph, but the well-known view is that they are the four.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
So the caliphate of al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) is a completion, not an independent one; it is a completion. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh. This is Salim asking about the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “Hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs.” Who are the Rightly Guided Caliphs in terms of their specific identities?
The Shaykh:
The four: Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthman, and ‘Ali are the Rightly Guided Caliphs. It has been said that the caliphate of al-Hasan completed the caliphate of the Rightly Guided Caliphs; al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali. It has also been said that ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz is the fifth caliph, but the well-known view is that they are the four.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
So the caliphate of al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) is a completion, not an independent one; it is a completion. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 30/24 شرح العقيدة السفارينية / صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (39:01)
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