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What is the caliphate?

ما الخلافة؟

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The caliphate is the leadership of the community after the Prophet ﷺ. It was held by the Rightly Guided caliphs, then the Umayyad, Abbasid and Ottoman states, until it was abolished in 1924. 1

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Prayer in early Islam before the Night Journey

What al-Raheeq al-Makhtum reports on the first prescription of prayer: two rakats morning and evening according to Muqatil ibn Sulayman citing Ghafir 55, Ibn Hajar's statement that the Prophet and his Companions certainly prayed before the Night Journey though whether anything was obligatory before the five prayers is disputed, Jibril's teaching of ablution at the first revelation, and the Muslims praying hidden in the ravines.