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Rāshidūn (The Rightly-Guided Caliphate)
The first four caliphs (Abū Bakr, ʿUmar, ʿUthmān, ʿAlī) regarded in Sunnī tradition as exemplary successors to the Prophet.
The first four caliphs (Abū Bakr, ʿUmar, ʿUthmān, ʿAlī) regarded in Sunnī tradition as exemplary successors to the Prophet.
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Hashiya ʿala Sunan Abi Dawud · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
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Caqida Riwayat Khallal 65↗explains
al-ʿAqida, Riwayat Abi Bakr al-Khallal · Ahmad ibn Hanbal
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