The History of the Four Caliphs (Itmam al-Wafa fi Sirat al-Khulafa) literary collections The word is used in

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Paradise and Hell

The three Sufi texts published in this volume all deal with some aspect of the Sufi path to God

This book belongs to the traditional genre of Islamic 'sacred history' sources known as sira (biography)

“If read carefully

The History of the Four Caliphs (Itmam al-Wafa fi Sirat al-Khulafa) literary collections The word is used inThis 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