HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Question
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Disagreement of the next successor after Muhammad died led to ____
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No clear leader
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The end of Islam
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A division in Islam
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War
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The original split between Sunnis and Shiites occurred soon after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, in the year 632.
Detailed explanation-2: -A disagreement over succession after Mohammed’s death in 632 split Muslims into Islam’s two main sects, Sunni and Shia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sunni Islam maintains that Abu Bakr was the legitimate successor to Muhammad on the basis of election. Shia Islam holds that Ali ibn Abi Talib was the designated successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first four leaders of the community who followed Muhammad in the 7th century are considered the purest expression of the caliphate-Abu Bakr, Omar, Othman and Ali.
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