The Ruling on Counting Mu'awiyah as the Fifth of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
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The questioner:
Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, is he not counted as the fifth of the Rightly Guided Caliphs?
The Shaykh:
He is the first of the kings.
The questioner:
But it is not known.
The Shaykh:
The Rightly Guided Caliphate is four, as the first believer mentions. Ah.
Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, is he not counted as the fifth of the Rightly Guided Caliphs?
The Shaykh:
He is the first of the kings.
The questioner:
But it is not known.
The Shaykh:
The Rightly Guided Caliphate is four, as the first believer mentions. Ah.
Source
التعليق على رياض الصالحين، تابع باب أمر وُلاة الأمور بالرفق برعاياهم ونصيحتهم والشفقة عليهم : الأحاديث : [ 657 - 659 ] — islamhouse.com (4:48)
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