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After Death
Question | Answer |
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Who were the 4 caliefs who followed Muhammad | Calief Abu Bakr, Calief Umar, Calief Uthman, and Calief Ali |
How was Abu Bakr chosen as the first calief | When Muhammad died he had not told a successor and the Muslims went into a panic. Abu Bakr, his father-in-law reassured the Muslims and the Muslims then elected him as the 1st Calief |
What was Calief Umar's policy | Muslims let the conquered people keep there religioun if they chose to. |
How far did Calief Uthman expand the land | Calief Uthman didn't conquer much except some lost land from the Byzantines. He picked up on what Umar left off on expansion |
How was Ali related to Muhammad and what happened to him | Ali was Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law and he was stabbed to death in a mosque |
Calief | A title that means successor |
Sunni | The followers of Muhammad |
Shi'a | The group that didn't agree with him or the "party" of Ali |