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Islam and Sufism

The Succession to Muhammad

A Study of the Early Caliphate

by Wilferd Madelung

A detailed historical study of the succession dispute after the Prophet's death and the caliphates of Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman and 'Ali, based on close reading of the Arabic sources. Madelung argues that the claims of the Prophet's family deserve more weight than earlier Western scholarship gave them.

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