Twelve revivers of Caliphate
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The term Twelve reviver Caliphs or Twelve successors refers to a hadith of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in which he said that after him there would be twelve successors mentioned as "Khalifa" who would guide Islam well according to the Quran and the Sunnah.[1][2].Those twelve caliphs are sometimes referred to by scholars as "Rashidun" ("Rightly Guided") or as "Mujaddid".[3]
List
[edit]According to sunni Islam which is the Mainstream of Islam they consider 5 caliph till date to be one of those Rashiduns or Mujaddids they are:
The Rashidun Caliphs (632–661)
[edit]The famous four Rashidun Caliph are considered as the confirmed caliphs out those 12 Caliphs because of the hadith of prophet Muhammad where he foretold the prophetic caliphate will last for 30 years[5][6][7]
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
[edit]The sunni branch of islam consider him to the first mujaddid and 5th of the rashidun caliph because of his efforts and sacrifice for revival of caliphate system.[8][9][10] He famously renewed the shura system after his predecessor Suleiman nominated him before death he rejected it and asked the muslim ummah again to ensure his legitimacy by shura.[11][12][13]
References
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- ^ "Mujaddid". Archived from the original on 2018-09-04.
- ^ "Mujaddid Ulema". www.livingislam.org.
- ^ "Sunan Abi Dawud 4646 - Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah) - كتاب السنة - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)". sunnah.com.
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- ^ "Mishkat al-Masabih 5395 - Fitan - كتاب الفتن - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)". sunnah.com.
- ^ "Pioneers of Islamic History: Omar ibn Abdul Aziz: The Rightly Guided Caliph". IslamOnline. August 28, 2022.
- ^ "Leadership and history making: Lessons from Umar bin Abdul Aziz". Home.
- ^ "'Umar Ibn 'Abdul 'Aziz, the Fifth Caliph - Khaalid Abu Saalih". en.islamway.net.
- ^ "Umar ibn Abdul Aziz: The Rightly Guided Reformer". April 28, 2023.
- ^ "Leadership lessons from the life of ʿUmar bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (RA) – Islamic Self Help".
- ^ "Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz: The First Reviver of Islam". www.miftaah.org.