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What issue initially created a source of contention and division for Muslims into Sunni and Shi’a?
which city should serve as their capital
who should have the right to leadership
how to maintain religious tolerance
why Islam must be a monotheistic religion
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Who should have the right to leadership.
After Muhammad’s death in 632 CE, Muslims disagreed about who was entitled to lead the community. One group accepted the selection of Abu Bakr and later caliphs via community consensus (Sunni position); another insisted that leadership belonged to Ali and his descendants as divinely designated heirs of the Prophet (Shiʿa position). That succession dispute was the immediate cause of the Sunni–Shiʿa split; other theological, legal, and ritual differences developed later.
After Muhammad’s death in 632 CE, Muslims disagreed about who was entitled to lead the community. One group accepted the selection of Abu Bakr and later caliphs via community consensus (Sunni position); another insisted that leadership belonged to Ali and his descendants as divinely designated heirs of the Prophet (Shiʿa position). That succession dispute was the immediate cause of the Sunni–Shiʿa split; other theological, legal, and ritual differences developed later.
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