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The succession to Muhammad  – A study of the early Caliphate Wilferd Madelung

The succession to Muhammad

This book is a comprehensive and original study of the early history of Islam, Wilferd 

Madelung describes the conflict that developed after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, between his family, Hashim, and his tribe, Quraysh, for the leadership of the Muslim community. 

He pursues the history of this conflict through the reign of the four ‘Rightly Guided’ caliphs to its climax in the first Inter-Muslim War. 

The outcome of the war, which marked the demise of the reign of the Early Companions, led to the establishment of dynastic despotism under the Umayyad caliphate and to the lasting schism between Sunnite and Shi’ite Islam.

 In contrast to recent scholarly trends, Professor Madelung brings out ‘All’s early claim to legitimate succession, which gained support from the Shi’a, and offers a radical and convincing reinterpretation of early Islamic history after the death of Muhammad. 

This important and original study will make a major contribution to the scholarship of the period and rekindle the debate over the succession to Muhammad. 

The introduction of large narrative sections into the presentation has, apart from substantially expanding the volume, inevitably changed the character of the book and produced a certain dichotomy which may at times obscure its basic purpose. 

Especially the detailed description of the fitna, the Inter-Muslim War opening with the revolt against the third caliph and outlasting the reign of the fourth, may appear to have marginalized the discussion of the caliphate itself. 

Narrative history carries its own momentum and dictates its appropriate ways of presentation. 

Persons, their motivation, action and reaction move to the foreground and confine the interpretation of ideas and documentary texts. 

The book, especially its latter parts, can now be read as a partial history of the period. 

The reader should, however, be aware of its selective perspective. 

The InterMuslim War was the climax of the conflict about the caliphate and as such a proper understanding of its nature was vital. 

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