. . "The Rashidun Caliphs (meaning \"Rightly Guided\", \"Righteously Guided\", \"Righteous\" Caliphs; Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u062E\u0644\u0641\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0627\u0634\u062F\u0648\u0646\u200E al-Khulaf\u0101\u02BEu ar-R\u0101shid\u016Bn), often simply called, collectively, \"the Rashidun\", is a term used in Sunni Islam to refer to the first four caliphs (successors) following the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, namely: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman ibn Affan and Ali of the Rashidun Caliphate, the first caliphate."@en .