The Rightly Guided Caliphs (میرا اور میرے خلفاے راشدین کا طریقہ)
This style can also be understood in the light of Quran: يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُوْلِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ “ Believers! Obey God and obey the Prophet and those of you who are in authority …” (Excerpt from Quran 4:59) As it can be seen that only mentioning Allah and his messenger would have sufficed but since leaders were going to be first point of contact with the Muslims, they are also mentioned separately. Those leaders will also give rise to certain traditions ( political/legal ) in line with the framework given by the Prophet (sws) which in normal circumstances should also be followed. However, their obedience is always subject to obedience of Allah and his Messenger as mentioned in the later part of the verse. The mentioning of “ وسنه الخلفآئ الراشیدین المهدیین ” in this Hadith can also be understood along the same lines and just like the above verse, it is also subject to or needs to be in line with “ فعلیکم بسنتی “. Please also refer to the video below from 1:17:48 to 1:19:46 https://youtu.be/SsqKGldSqgM?t=4668