The Umayyad Caliphate came after the four Rightly-Guided Caliphs.
There were FOUR Rightly-Guided Caliphs after Muhammad's death (Abu Bakr, Omar, Othman, and Ali). After Ali was assassinated, the Umayyads swept into power, ending the age of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs and beginning a more imperial form of government.
There were FOUR Rightly-Guided Caliphs after Muhammad's death (Abu Bakr, Omar, Othman, and Ali). After Ali was assassinated, the Umayyads swept into power, ending the age of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs and beginning a more imperial form of government.
It was perceived that these four individuals wanted to rule out of a desire to promulgate Islamic principles and act in a just fashion. This is in comparison to the later dynasties, which were more interested in the trappings of power than being Islamic leaders.
Rashdun means 'the rightly guided one' .A caliph and religious head of the Islamic religion. There are first four Rashduns or four caliphs,the heads of Islamic religion.
The first four Caliphs in Islam are regarded as the Khulfa-e-Rashidun or The Four Rightly Guided Caliphs. These caliphs are regarded as the most famous and comprise of Hazrat Abu Bakr, Hazrat Umar, Hazrat Usman as well as Hazrat Ali.
The first four Caliphs after Muhammad, more commonly known as The Rightly Guided Caliphs were Abdullah ibn Abi Quhaafah (known by his nickname, Abu Bakr), Umar ibn al-Khattab, Ali ibn Talib and Uthman ibn Affan, in this order of succession.
1. Abu-Bakr2. Umar3. Uthman4. AliBecause they used the Qur'an and Muhammad's actions as guides to their leadership.Mustang523- The rightly guided caliphs also cared about spreading Islam unlike the Umayyads who only cared about wealth and riches. The rightly guided caliphs are given this name also because they had strong leadership and they were wise. During the rightly guided caliphs rein, they conquered many new lands.I hope you all got a good answer from this that i wrote. :]
Muslims argue that the "Rightly-Guided Caliphs" were motivated purely for ideological and religious reasons for holding power, as opposed to reasons related to economic power, prestige, and corruption, a theme that was prevalent in the later Umayyad, Abbassid, and other Caliphates. They wanted to preserve and advance the religion that Muhammad had revealed in the Qur'an.As for what actually may have guided them, it is anyone's guess. All four of them were certainly believers and strongly motivated by that belief, but they were human and also responded to basal urges of power, centralization, economic growth, and personal aggrandizement.
The first four Caliphs are the most trusted followers of the holy Prophet (SAW) who were elected by the majority vote of the holy Companions RA of the holy Prophet (SAW). For this they are called the Khulafai Rashideen.
Umayyad Caliph Ibrahim ruled for a few weeks at the end of the year 744 C.E. This is the shortest reign of any Caliph.If you are referring to the Rightly-Guided Caliphs, Hassan ibn Ali ruled as Caliph for seven months in 661 C.E. before ceding power to Mu'awiya and conceding the end of the the Rightly-Guided Caliphs. Of the four dominant Rightly-Guided Caliphs, colleague Ibrahim El-Osery is correct that Abu Bakr ibn Quhafah reigned for the the shortest amount of time, 27 months from 632 C.E. to 634 C.E.
The first four Caliphs are the most trusted followers of the holy Prophet (SAW) who were elected by the majority vote of the holy Companions RA of the holy Prophet (SAW). For this they are called the Khulafai Rashideen.