Sunnis and Shi'a: A Political History

Sunnis and Shi'a: A Political HistoryWhen Muhammad died in 632 without a male heir, Sunnis contended that the choice of a successor should fall to his closest companions, but Shia believed that God had inspired the Prophet to appoint his cousin and son in law, Ali, as leader. So began a schism that is nearly as old as Islam itself. Laurence Lour tells the story of this ancient rivalry, taking readers from the last days of Muhammad to the political and doctrinal clashes of Sunnis and Shia

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Thus the life of poverty described by Ghazali in Al-Ghazali on Poverty and Abstinence refers to what every devoted follower of the Prophet is meant to adopt whatever his or her outer state may be

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Sunnis contended that the choice of a successor should fall to his closest companions

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