{"product_id":"the-rightly-guided-caliphs-paperback","title":"The Rightly-Guided Caliphs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGibril Fouad Haddad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The best of this Umma is the age in which I was sent\" (Hadith of the Prophet in \u003cem\u003eSahih Muslim\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Messenger of Allah admonished us so intensely that the eyes wept and the hearts trembled. 'I exhort you to hear and obey even if your leader is a black Ethiopian. ... You must follow my Sunna and the Sunna of the rightly-guided, upright successors after me'\" (Narrated from al-ʿIrbād ibn Sāriya in the \u003cem\u003eMusnad\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSunan\u003c\/em\u003e). \"The sequence of the Prophet's order to follow his Sunna and the Sunna of the well-guided Successors, coming after his order to hear and obey governors generally, is a proof that the Sunna of the Rightly-Guided Successors must be followed just as his own Sunna must be followed, contrary to the case of other governors\" (Ibn Rajab).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe best post-Prophetic 30-year generation to walk the earth constitutes, by consensus of \u003cem\u003eAhl al-Sunna wal-Jamā'a\u003c\/em\u003e, the most shining model of governance-and self-governance-for a just society of humble believers ever to be held up to the human ages. This glimpse in 110 chapters of their respective lives and deaths highlights the necessary qualities of true leadership which are personal sacrifice for the public welfare and dedication to the Prophetic model of trust, firm belief, constant remembrance, inspired practice and self-effaced vast mercy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad has also writtten \u003cem\u003eThe Four Imams and Their Schools\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Musnad of Ahl al-Bayt\u003c\/em\u003e among other works. He lives in Brunei Darussalam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 332\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42126151614599,"sku":"9781938058691","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/089c40b41770a0113433c5d01461ff6e.webp?v=1732581354","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-rightly-guided-caliphs-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}