Which Muslim group or groups would have agreed with the above statement after the death of the Prophet Muhammad?

Which Muslim group or groups would have agreed with the above statement after the death of the Prophet Muhammad?

Shiites believe that only Allah, the God of the Islam faith, can select religious leaders, and that therefore, all successors must be direct descendants of Muhammad’s family. They maintain that Ali, Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law, was the rightful heir to the leadership of the Islam religion after Muhammad’s death.

What did Sunnis believe about leadership?

The Sunnis recognize the first four caliphs as the Prophet Muhammad’s rightful successors, whereas the Shiʿah believe that Muslim leadership belonged to Muhammad’s son-in-law, ʿAlī, and his descendants alone.

What do Shia and Sunni have in common?

What do Sunnis and Shiites have in common? Both Sunnis and Shiites read the Quran, the sayings of the Prophet. Both believe Prophet Muhammad was the messenger of Allah.

Why do Shias pray 3 times a day?

Differences between Sunni and Shi’a practices Sunni Muslims only combine the five daily prayers if they have a good reason to, for example if they are travelling. Shi’a Muslims have more freedom to combine certain prayers, such as the midday and afternoon prayers. Therefore they may only pray three times a day.

How many Kalima are there in Islam?

Six Kalimah

How many pillars are in Islam?

Five Pillars

What are the 5 FARZ in Islam?

The Five Pillars of Islam Shahadah: sincerely reciting the Muslim profession of faith. Salat: performing ritual prayers in the proper way five times each day. Zakat: paying an alms (or charity) tax to benefit the poor and the needy. Sawm: fasting during the month of Ramadan.

What is the largest branch of Islam?

Sunni Islam, also known as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā’h or simply Ahl as-Sunnah, is by far the largest denomination of Islam comprising around 90% of the Muslim Population in the world.

What are the two branches of Islam?

A disagreement over succession after Mohammed’s death in 632 split Muslims into Islam’s two main sects, Sunni and Shia.

Why did Islam broke into two branches?

Though the two main sects within Islam, Sunni and Shia, agree on most of the fundamental beliefs and practices of Islam, a bitter split between the two goes back some 14 centuries. The divide originated with a dispute over who should succeed the Prophet Muhammad as leader of the Islamic faith he introduced.