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Authority after the Prophet

Authority after the Prophet

Timeline of early Islamic developments showing the Rightly Guided Caliphs, Sunni and Shi'a authority, Karbala, the Umayyads and the Abbasids

When the Prophet Muhammad died in 632 CE, Muslims agreed that no new prophet could replace him. The urgent question was who should lead the ummah and how that authority should continue.

Social and historical developments Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Religious Studies
  3. /Social and historical developments