Who appointed kholafa rashideen rightly guided khalifahs?
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Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
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Were
Kholofa-e-Rashedeen appointed by Allah or Rasul-Allah or by Muslemeen human
being?
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Answer:
Who
appointed kholafa rashideen rightly guided khalifahs?
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can
misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We
bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no
prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
The only people appointed by
Allah Subhanah directly are His Prophets!
The Prophets of Allah are the only human beings who can come to mankind
and declare that they have been appointed by Allah Subhanah as His Messengers. No other person, no saint, no imam, no leader,
no peer, no Khalifah, etc., absolutely no one other than the Prophets of
Allah Subhanah can come to mankind and declare that they have been appointed so
and so by Allah Subhanah!
It is a condition of faith, that when the Prophets of Allah come to
mankind and declare themselves as His Messengers, the people must believe in them and their Message
unconditionally! Only Allah and His
Messenger (saws) have a right to be believed unconditionally; every one else will be believed only if
their order is absolutely in alignment with the guidance of Allah and His
Messenger.
The Kholafah Rashedeen were
appointed neither by Allah Subhanah,
nor by the Prophet of Allah (saws);
but they were chosen as the ‘Ameer’ or leader by human beings; albeit by some of the best human beings who
ever walked on this planet earth: the
noble companions of the Messenger of Allah (saws)!
It was imperative on the
Kholafah Rashedeen (The Rightly Guided Khalifahs) that they followed and obeyed
the Quran and Sunnah unconditionally,
and lead the believers in absolute accordance of the Quran and
Sunnah.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,
Burhan