Sunni vs. Shia Perspective on the Existence of a Fifth Rightly Guided Caliph in Islam

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How many Rashidun Caliphs(Khulfa E Rashideen) are there?

Hadith No 1 :

Narrated By Safinah

 "The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: The Caliphate of Prophecy(Rashidun Caliphate) will last thirty years; then Allah will give the Kingdom of His Kingdom to anyone He wills. Saeed told that Safinah said to him: Calculate Abu Bakr's caliphate as two years, Umar's as ten, Uthman's as twelve and Ali so and so. Saeed said: I said to Safinah that these people (banu umayya) say that Ali was not a caliph. Safinah replied: They told a lie which came from there buttocks"

Reference : Sunan Abi Dawood Hadith No 4646

Hadith No 2 :

Sa'eed bin Jumhan narrated:

  Safinah narrated to me, he said: 'The Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:   Al-Khilafah will be in my Ummah for thirty years, then there will be monarchy after that.  ' Then Safinah said to me: 'Count the Khilafah of Abu Bakr,' then he said: 'Count the Khilafah of 'Umar and the Khilafah of 'Uthman.' Then he said to me: 'Count the Khilafah of 'Ali.  ' He said:   So we found that they add up to thirty years.   Sa'eed said:   I said to him: 'Banu Umaiyyah claim that the Khilafah is among them.' He said: 'Banu Az-Zarqa(Banu Umaiyyah)' lie, rather they are a monarchy, among the worst of monarchies.  '

Reference : Sunan Tirmazi Hadith No 2226

Explanation :

According to these hadiths one thing is clear that rashidun caliphate will last for 30 years after the death of Prophet Muhammad SAW and the name of Caliphs are also written in these hadiths Abu Bakr, Umar, Othman and Ali. And their era is exactly of 29.5 years means 29 years and 6 months because Abu Bakr RA ruled for 2 years and died Umar RA ruled for 10 years and was killed by Abu Lulu Feroz after Umar RA Othman RA ruled for 12 years and after him Ali AS ruled for 5.5 years and I am saying that because Ali AS was Killed By Ibn Muljim in Ramadan of 40th Hijri means after the death of Othman RA in Dul Hajj 35th Hijri Mola Ali AS was assassinated in 40th hijri which means the 30 years of caliphate were not completed and then Hasan Bin Ali AS became the caliph and ruled exactly about 6 month till Rabi Ul Awal of 41 Hijri which completed those 30 years.

Because Prophet Muhammad SAW died in rabi ul awal 11th hijri if we add 30 years after that it becomes rabi ul awal 41 hijri the exact month when Hasan Bin Ali AS gave power to Mawia RA and ended the caliphate and because of these hadiths I am saying that ended the caliphate because in these hadith we can clearly see that Banu Ummaiyah were not caliphs but were monarchs.

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