Who are the successors to the prophet?
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Who are the successors to the prophet?
Muhammad’s Successors
- After Muhammad’s death in 632 CE, his friend Abu Bakr was named caliph and ruler of the Islamic community, or Ummah.
- Sunni Muslims believe that Abu Bakr was the proper successor, while Shi’a Muslims believe that Ali should have succeed Muhammad as caliph.
Who were the successors of Prophet Muhammad?
Shia Islam holds that Ali ibn Abi Talib was the appointed successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad as head of the community. Sunni Islam maintains Abu Bakr to be the first leader after Muhammad on the basis of election.
Who is the rightful successor to the prophet?
Abu Bakr
They believe that the rightful successor to Muhammad was Abu Bakr, Muhammad’s father-in-law and closest friend. Followers of this branch of Islam accept all four of Islam’s first leaders, including Abu Bakr and Ali, Muhammad’s cousin, as the rightful successors of Muhammad.
Who was the 12th prophet in Islam?
Muhammad al-Mahdi
Muhammad al-Mahdi
| Muhammad al-Mahdi مُحَمَّد ٱلْمَهْدِي 12th Imam of Twelver Shia | |
|---|---|
| Calligraphic representation of the name of Muhammad al-Mahdi as it appears in the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina | |
| Born | 15 Sha’ban 256 AH ( c.July 18, 870 CE) Samarra, Abbasid Empire |
Who was the twelfth imam?
Muḥammad al-Mahdī al-Ḥujjah, in full Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Mahdī al-Ḥujjah, also called Muḥammad al-Muntaẓar, the Hidden Imam, or the Twelfth Imam, (disappeared 878), 12th and last imam, venerated by the Ithnā ʿAshariyyah, or Twelver sect, the main body of Shīʿite Muslims.
Where is Saqifah?
Saqifah denotes in Arabic a covered communal place for conversation but the word is synonomous in historical texts with this particular event….
| Saqifah | |
|---|---|
| A modern view of the approximate area where the gathering at Saqifah occurred | |
| Observed by | Muslims |
| Type | Islam |