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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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