Sunnī-Shīʿī Schism: A Brief Overview of the Arabic Sunnī Literature | ||
| International Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Civilization | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 1, December 2024, Pages 1-7 PDF (1.69 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijth.2025.423143 | ||
| Author | ||
| Khaled Younes* | ||
| Department of Tourism Guidance, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, University of Sadat City, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In Sunnī literature, the death of ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib (d. 40/661) marks the end of the era of the Righteous Caliphate (al-khilāfa al-rāshida), where caliphs were chosen through mutual consultation (al-shūrā), and the beginning of the hereditary monarchical rule (al-mulk al-ʿaḍūḍ) introduced by Muʿāwiya b. Abī Sufyān (r. 40-60/661-680) and continued throughout the Umayyads (40-132/661-750) and their Abbasid successors (132-656/750-1258). The Shīʿīs on the other hand considered ʿAlī the first of their divinely guided Imāms and the prophet’s rightful heir and true successor. This article provides a brief overview of the Sunnī-Shīʿī split as represented in the Arabic Sunnī Literature. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Early Islamic history; Sunna; Shīʿa; First Islamic Civil War (al-fitna al-kubrā); Second Islamic Civil War (al-fitna al-thāniya) | ||
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