GCEIslamic Religious StudiesThe Rightly Guided Caliphs2020

Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the Rightly Guided Caliphs?

AAbu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, AliCORRECT
BAbu Bakr, Ali, Umar, Uthman
CUmar, Abu Bakr, Uthman, Ali
DAbu Bakr, Uthman, Umar, Ali
AI
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The four Rightly Guided Caliphs (Al-Khulafa' al-Rashidun) succeeded Prophet Muhammad in this order: Abu Bakr (632–634 CE), Umar ibn al-Khattab (634–644 CE), Uthman ibn Affan (644–656 CE), and Ali ibn Abi Talib (656–661 CE). This sequence is unanimously agreed upon by Muslim scholars.
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