Rightly Guided Caliphs Flashcards
1
Q
Who was the first Caliph?
A
Abu Bakr (632-634)
2
Q
Who was the second rightly guided Caliph
A
‘Umar (634-644)
3
Q
Who was the third rightly guided Caliph
A
Uthman (644-656)
4
Q
Who was the last rightly guided Caliph?
A
Ali (656-661) He married the Prophets daughter Fatima. Descendents from him are seen as the real Caliphs
5
Q
Who wrote the Quran or codified it?
A
Muhammads wife Hafsa, Secretary and nephew all remembered what he had said - but it was during the caliph of uthman in 650 that it was codified first.
