Year 1 of the JBJ Academy Islamic History track. One unit: The Khulafa Rashidah — eighteen lessons, one every two weeks over a 36-week year, covering the death of the Prophet ﷺ through the end of the Rightly Guided era.
The year runs from the succession crisis after the Prophet’s death, through Abu Bakr and the Riddah wars, Umar’s justice and administration, Uthman’s compilation of the Qur’an and the beginning of the fitnah, to Ali and the civil strife that closed the period — ending with what the four caliphs together model about leadership.
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The Rightly Guided Caliphate (632–661)
The Death of the Prophet ﷺ & the Selection of Abu Bakr RA
Saqifah — How the Ummah Chose Its First Leader
Abu Bakr RA — The Wars of Apostasy (Riddah) & Preserving the Ummah
Abu Bakr RA and the First Collection of the Qur’an
Two Years That Held the Ummah Together — Assessing Abu Bakr’s Caliphate
Umar ibn al-Khattab RA — Justice, Expansion & Administration
Umar’s Institutions — The Diwan, the Hijri Calendar, the Rule of Law
The Conquest of Jerusalem and Umar’s Covenant
The Assassination of Umar RA and What It Cost
Uthman ibn Affan RA — Compiling the Quran & the Fitnah Begins
The Uthmanic Mushaf — How the Qur’an We Read Was Standardised
The Grievances Against Uthman RA — Sifting History from Polemic
The Siege and Murder of Uthman RA
Ali ibn Abi Talib RA — Civil Strife & the End of the Rashidah Era
The Camel and Siffin — Reading Fitnah Between the Sahabah Responsibly
The Khawarij — The First Sect and Its Warning
Al-Hasan RA and the Year of Unity (41 AH)
Why the Khulafa Rashidah Are a Model — Lessons in Leadership
