Khilafat-e-Rashida (خلافتِ راشدہ)

This term is a combination of two words i.e., Khilafat and Rashida which means ‘Rightly Guided Caliphs’. It refers to those four pious successors of Prophet Muhammad who came one after another to rule the Muslim Ummah. Their names are Abu Bakr , Umar , Usman and Ali respectively. Some Muslims also add the name of Imam Hasan in this list.