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| Author | Wilferd Madelung |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Succession to Muhammad, Rashidun Caliphate |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print, e-book |
| Pages | xviii + 413 |
| ISBN | 0-521-56181-7 |
The Succession to Muhammad is a book by Wilferd Madelung published by the Cambridge University Press in 1997.[1] Madelung investigates the events after the death of Muhammad, where there was a battle to see who would control the Muslim community. This struggle resulted in the difference between Sunnite and Shi'ite Islam over authority (spiritual and temporal).
- ^ Hughes 2013, pp. 116–117.