The Ruling on Expressing Satisfaction with the Rightly Guided Caliphs in the Friday Sermon
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Q470: The questioner asks: Is expressing satisfaction with the four Rightly Guided Caliphs in the Friday sermon obligatory or not?
A470: Expressing satisfaction with the Rightly Guided Caliphs on Friday is part of the practice of Muslims. It is part of the creed of the people of the Sunnah and the community to express satisfaction with the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in general, and to show loyalty to them, and specifically with the four Caliphs, due to their virtue and precedence in Islam. This is also a way of differing from the Rafidah—may Allah disgrace them—who hate the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), especially the Rightly Guided Caliphs. Thus, the people of the Sunnah and the community express satisfaction with them in the Friday sermon, differing from the Rafidah and acting in accordance with the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Hashr 59:10].
A470: Expressing satisfaction with the Rightly Guided Caliphs on Friday is part of the practice of Muslims. It is part of the creed of the people of the Sunnah and the community to express satisfaction with the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in general, and to show loyalty to them, and specifically with the four Caliphs, due to their virtue and precedence in Islam. This is also a way of differing from the Rafidah—may Allah disgrace them—who hate the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), especially the Rightly Guided Caliphs. Thus, the people of the Sunnah and the community express satisfaction with them in the Friday sermon, differing from the Rafidah and acting in accordance with the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And [there is a share for] those who came after them, saying, "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful."
وَالَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا غِلاًّ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ رَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ
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