Are the Rightly Guided Caliphs four, or are they more than four?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Are the Rightly Guided Caliphs four, or are they more than four?
Answer:
The Rightly Guided Caliphs are four. Some include 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, and some include al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Al-Hasan's caliphate completed the number, so they are four. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Are the Rightly Guided Caliphs four, or are they more than four?
Answer:
The Rightly Guided Caliphs are four. Some include 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, and some include al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Al-Hasan's caliphate completed the number, so they are four. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [519 -560] هل الخلفاء الراشدون أربعة، أم هم أكثر من أربعة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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