Some of his followers became fanatical.
2006-09-15 05:58:27
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answered by Anonymous
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Well, that is when the division between Shia and Sunni began. Muhammad never designated who should be his successor as leader of Islam. After his death, Muslim leaders quickly decided that Muhammad's friend and father-in-law, Abu Bakr, should be caliph (chief executive, commander-in-chief, chief justice and leader, imam, of public worship). Abu Bakr was one of the first converts to Islam. The first four successors of Muhammad are called the "rightly guided caliphs." The fourth, 'Ali, was Muhammad's cousin. Ali was assassinated by fanatics in favor of Mu'awiya of the Umayyad family being the leader. Hasan and Husayn, sons of 'Ali and Muhammad's daughter, Fatima, were the surviving male heirs of Muhammad. Because of special interest in the family of Muhammad, there had been a "faction (shi'a) of 'Ali" that felt he and his descendants were the obvious successors. The Shi'ites call their leaders imams rather than caliphs, tracing them down through a number of generations from Imam 'Ali.
In all other important respects, the Shi'ites share the same story with the Sunnites, the majority group in Islam that looks to the four rightly guided caliphs as the proper successors to Muhammad.
2006-09-15 13:06:31
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answered by MishMash [I am not one of your fans] 7
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prophet Mohamed is a human .. and human must die sooner or later..
there is no impact happened .. Muslim continue on his teaching and follow his instructions and stay away from the thing he
warning us .
and people will still follow him until the end of the life.
2006-09-15 13:26:39
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answered by Alone 4
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Muslims we saddened. Their Prophet, teacher and father had passes away, but they continued on his path, until the 19th century, were the Leaders became Greedy and power hungry, S*** started to happen, and fanatics started appearing.
2006-09-15 13:01:35
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answered by Anonymous
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Same answers I gave for the Jesus question.
2006-09-15 12:58:20
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answered by markobeast666 2
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The impact was not that he died, but that he was not resurrected.
2006-09-15 12:59:20
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answered by Preacher 6
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He died, and stayed dead. Jesus died, and lived again.
2006-09-15 13:00:10
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answered by Anonymous
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