Why would Mohammed create 2 types of Islamic beliefs:Sunni and Shiite?

Answer 1

Mohamad didnt create 2 beliefs, after his death his followers separated in to different groups and the majority was Shia or Sunni. Like in christianity how there are Babtists, Eastern Orthodox, Catholic.. u get the picture.

Answer 2

Prophet Muhammad didnt create these 2 sect..Same like christian, the people or the community did it..that is why u have so many type oc sect in christian, and this goes the same with ISlam..

Respect and learn about other people religions , norms and values. We can make world a better place to live.

Accept people the way they are and not what we want them to be.

world PEACE...by the way it is not shiite it is Sunni and Shiah

Answer 3

Arhh there are more than two types of Islamic beliefs actually there are four sufi orders Qadiriyyeh, shadthiliyyeh, Darqawiyyeh and Ulaiwiyyeh And I don't think that Mohammed nor his cousin Alli created them all.

and more importantly there are actually also the other types:-

Sofism who surrender to God in love over and over, and

Tasawwuf both seem to sing corporately and they look at the mystical side of God, a bit of Jewish and Christian actually. Like Muhammed wanted in the first place to incorporate all three religions. Until he suddenly changed his mind to say pray to the East instead of to the Jewish Temple.

Answer 4

he didn't create two types the split came after mohammed's death as a political debate over whether the next leader would have to be a direct descendent of mohammed or not.

Answer 5

first of all he didnt create two islamic beliefs.it was only one.the sunnis follow what mohammad said but the shiite emerged after about 30 years from the death of mohammad as a result of some ruling problems at that time.what will you say if i ask you about the tons of christian groups that have different religion ideas.....

Answer 6

The Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) did not create anything! Rather it is some of the people who have deviated from the path of Allaah. In Muhammad's (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) farewell
address he reminded the people to hold fast to the rope of Allaah and that he was the final Prophet and to stay away form doubtfull matters and not to add anything to the religion and not to take anything away from the religion such as the Jews, and Christians have done. The Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) also said "My Ummah will not unite upon error." [Reported by at-Tirmidhee and Haakim - Sahih],
and it is not correct that this hadith refers to the people of later ages, since it was only in the era of the Prophet, sallallaahu alaihi wasallam, and his Companions that the Ummah was free from widespread division and deviation. The deviant sects separated themselves from the Jamaa'ah after them, and from that time onwards their was disunity.





"Allah did confer a great favor upon the believers when He sent a Messenger from amongst themselves reciting unto them His verses (i.e. the Qur'an) and purifying them (from sins and pagan ignorance by their adoption of his way) and instructing them in the Book (i.e the Qur'an) and the Wisdom (i.e. the Sunnah) while before they had been in manifest error." [Surah Aali Imraan 3:164]

Answer 7

He didnt, The Shiittes emerged about 30 years after The Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him)'s death.

Anyway, there are no differences in the basic beliefs:Both believe in one God, The Holy Quran, and all the prophets.

Answer 8

The Sunni are the largest group in Islam. In Arabic, as-Sunnah literally means principle or path. Sunnis and Shi'a believe that Muhammad is a perfect example to follow, and that they must imitate the words and acts of Muhammad as accurately as possible. Because of this reason, the Hadith in which those words and acts are described are a main pillar of Sunni doctrine.

Sunnis recognize four legal traditions (madhhabs): Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanafi, and Hanbali. All four accept the validity of the others and Muslims choose any one that he/she finds agreeable to his/her ideas. There are also several orthodox theological or philosophical traditions (kalam

Shi'a Muslims, the second-largest branch, differ from the Sunni in rejecting the authority of the first three caliphs. They honor different traditions (hadith) and have their own legal traditions. Shi'a scholars have a larger authority than Sunni scholars and have greater room for interpretation. The Imams play a central role in Shi'a doctrine. Shi'a Muslims hold that Muhammad, his daughter Fatima and the twelve descendants of Muhammad, the Imams, were all sinless and pure. This is based on Qur'anic verses (such as 33:33) and Hadith narrations such as the Event of the Cloak.

The Arabic word Shi'a literally translates into the word 'supporters' or 'followers'. Originally known as Shi'at ul Ali (the supporters of Ali), the group formed shortly after the death of Ali, in Iraq. Ali ibn Abi Talib was the cousin of prophet Muhammad, and after marriage to Fatima, he also became Muhammad's son-in-law. Muhammad was raised in the house of Abi Taleb after he became an orphan; therefore he and Ali were raised as brothers.

The Shi'a consist of one major school of thought known as the Ithna 'ashariyah or the "Twelvers", and a few minor schools of thought, as the "Seveners" or the "Fivers" referring to the number of infallible leaders they recognize after the death of prophet Muhammad. The term Shi'a, when used without qualification, is usually taken to be synonymous with the Ithna Ashariyya or Twelvers. Most Shi'a live in Iran, Iraq (the country where Ali died), Bahrain, Lebanon, India, Azerbaijan, Yemen and Pakistan. A minority group (about 10-15 million) of Shi'a is known as Ismaili. The Shia Ismaili branch is subdivided into Nizari Ismaili and Mustaali Bohra subbranches. The Nizari Ismaili or are led by the Aga Khan and are found mainly in Pakistan, Tajikistan, Bangladesh, India, Canada and United States, although the modern day practices of this branch are very different from that of the mainstream Twelvers. The Mustaali Bohra branch is further subdivided into Dawoodi and Sulaimanis subsects. The Dawoodi Bohras are concentrated in Pakistan and India. The Sulaimani Bohras are concentrated in Yemen and Najran province of Saudi Arabia.


The Sunni-Shi'a split in Islam started with the prophet Muhammad's death 632, which was followed by a dispute over who was to lead the Muslim community, and how the leader was to be chosen. A gathering of some Muslims at Saqifah gave their allegiance to Abu Bakr, Muhammad's father-in-law, as the first caliph. Sunni Muslims accept Abu Bakr as a righteous and rightful caliph and reject Imam Ali claim. Shi'a Muslims believe that the prophet had appointed his son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor and that in following Abu Bakr, the Sunni Muslims had strayed from the true path

Answer 9

He didn't. Like the many off shoots of Christianity, they left the Catholic church because they did not agree with the doctrines professed, religion has become of thing of man, I'm not saying one is better than the other, its just like baskin robbins ice cream, find a flavor you like, the same is true of religion, find one that is in best harmony with your beliefs.

Answer 10

I guess the same reasons God created Jews and Cristians. Lets try to guess the right religion folks.