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Four Rightly Guided Caliphs





A small minority include Hasan Ibn Ali as a fifth righteously guided Caliph, however most do not consider him to have been caliph at all. In the Ibadhi tradition, only Abu Bakr and Umar are considered to be the Two Rightly Guided Caliphs. Sections of the Uthman and Ali eras are considered righteous. Urdu speaking Sunnis occasionally refer to the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs as the '''Four Friends''' ('''چار یار''', ''chaar yaar'')

According to Shi'a Islam , the first caliph should have been Ali followed by the Imams , as they believe Allah (God) directed Muhammad to select Ali.


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