The History of the Four Caliphs (Itmam al-Wafa fi Sirat al-Khulafa) management The stories go beyond tears

The stories go beyond tears and victimhood and reveal joy

The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition catalogs everything known to exist from the perspective of a fourteenth-century Egyptian scholar and litterateur

attributes to which Muslims in all ages referred over and over

love and abandonment

Page Count: 766 pages

The History of the Four Caliphs (Itmam al-Wafa fi Sirat al-Khulafa) management The stories go beyond tearsThis book is a concise and immensely satisfying historical account of the first four caliphs of Islam, Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali, who because of their rectitude, became known as the Rightly Guided Caliphs (may Allah be pleased with them). The author provides a clear and fast paced account of the battles and internal struggles of the four caliphs, as well as that of the fifth, Hasan ibn Ali. He avoids long excursions into the technical intricacies