XI. ERA OF THE RIGHTLY GUIDED
ONES
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Ali or Abu Bakr?
Umar and Ansar leaders: a shura
“Caliph” = shaykh of the Ummah
Quran and Hadith: Ulama
Banu Hashim tribe
Fatima
The Riddah Wars
Aisha
Umar: Amir al-Mu’manin
Sasanid Empire in Persia
Amir
Uthman ibn Affan
Khalifat Rasul Allah – Kalifat Allah
650 A. D. the canon of the Quran
Shi’atu Ali or “Shi’ah”
Sunni
“Judgment belongs to God, Ali, not to you!”
Ummayyad in Damascus
Abassid from Persia (uncle al-Abass) to Baghdad
Fatamids in Egypt
Ummayyad in Spain: Abd al-Rahman
Saljuq; Ottoman: 1453 Constantinople to Istanbul (to 1924)
Mawlana Maududi, Sayyid Qutb, Ayatollah Khomeini,
Wahabbist Osama ben Laden