The Four Rightly Guided Caliphs
الخلفاء الراشدون
Abu Bakr, then Umar, then Uthman, then Ali. Learn one essential Moment for each Companion, answer its recall, and build a clear frame for the first leadership of the Muslim community after the Prophet ﷺ.
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أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيق
Abu Bakr as-Siddiq
First Caliph
Muhajir · Companion of the Hijrah
He did not ask for proof
Next storyMakkah, in the earliest days of Islam, when the Muslims could still be counted on your fingers.
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عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّاب
Umar ibn al-Khattab
Al-Faruq
Second Caliph · Muhajir
Which year is it?
1 min readMadinah, during his caliphate, when the territory under Muslim rule had grown large.
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عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّان
Uthman ibn Affan
Dhun-Nurayn
Third Caliph · Muhajir
He bought a well and gave the water away
1 min readMadinah, in the years after the Hijrah, when the town's water was privately owned.
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عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِب
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Fourth Caliph
Cousin of the Prophet ﷺ · Early Muslim
He slept in the bed they were watching
1 min readMakkah, the night the Prophet ﷺ left for Madinah, with the house under watch.
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