‘There will be twelve Muslim rulers – all of them will be from Quraish.’
The Twelve Leaders of Quraish
- All Capitalised names refer to either the 4 Caliphs who took The Right Way, the 7 Spiritual Imams or 8 Political Caliphs
- The Best Muslims were the Caliphs who took The Right Way and the Spiritual Imams
- Spiritual and political leadership in one Muslim was present in the Caliphs who took the Right way and then split
- The appointment of the Spiritual Imam Ali as the heir apparent to Al-Ma’mun was the last opportunity in past history for the highest spiritual and political power to be combined in one Muslim
- Spiritual Imams are all direct descendants of the Prophet and Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Spiritual Imamate held by 8
- Political Caliphate held by 21
- Alawi uprisings are 3
- For each Spiritual Imam, there were three Political Leaders
- Renewer of the First Islamic Century was Umar ibn Abdul-Aziz