Shi Ite Faction

The Shi'ite faction and the Sunni faction are two branches of Islam that consist of different views on who should become the next successor to Muhammad. The major split of these two branches happened when Muhammad died. He did not have anyone to his heir, but Muhammad did have a daughter. Many of the Islamic people disagreed to have a woman to his heir. That was one of the biggest reasons why the Sh'ite faction and the Sunni faction, because they disagreed on who should be the rightful heir. The Sunni faction suggested that the first four of the caliphs will be the prophet Muhammad's rightful successors. The Shi'ite faction felt that the heir should go to Muhammad's son in law Ali. Shortly, after Muhammad died one of …show more content…
Many people did not agree with not having Muhammad to lead their religion, because he was the last person that was a messenger from god they thought no one could not replace him. After the death of Abu Bakr they had to pick another prophet which started the Muslim Civil war. The Muslim Civil was a huge disagreement between the Shi'ite faction and the Sunni faction over who should heir after Muhammed. Many thought that Ali should be the next heir to his success, so they killed the Uthman the person next in line so that Ali could receive the heir. The Shi'ite was the supporters of Ali, and the others was classified as the Sunnis that believed that the next caliph should be in Muhammad’s family. The Shi'ite faction and the Sunni faction split because of the many disagreements that they had over time. The Shi'ite supported Ali but the Sunni faction disagreed with Ali as the next prophet, because he was not considered part Muhammad’s …show more content…
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