A: “Sunnis’ point of view: Sunnis have faced serious...

A: “Sunnis’ point of view: Sunnis have faced serious perplexity and confusion in interpreting and determining the instance of twelve caliphs; because from one side these narratives have been quoted in their resources with authentic document; and from another side, qualities that exist in the text of these narratives; such as number twelve, are not match with Sunni’s principle and caliphs that they have in mind.

“Ibn Jawzi” quotes the perplexity of Sunni in saying the meaning of this narrative: هذا الحديث قد أطلت البحث عنه، وتطلّبت مظانّه، وسألت عنه، فما رأيت أحدا وقع علي المقصود به. I made discussion about this narrative long and searched about opinions. I didn’t find anyone who could get the meaning of this narrative.

(11) “Ibn Battal Bakri Qurtubi”, “Ibn Hajar Asqalani”, “Badr al-Din Ayni”, quote from “”Muhallab”: لم ألق أحدا يقطع في هذا الحديث بمعني- يعني بشئ معين No one could have determined definitive meaning of this narrative and interpreted it clearly .(12) Sunni elders have said many possibilities for this narrative. Their major possibility is that the meaning of “Twelve caliphs” is “Bani Umayya” caliphs. Studying these possibilities will be done in another article.…