The result was that notwithstanding the fact that these two...

The result was that notwithstanding the fact that these two Muslim sects have so many common views about the roots of religion, they have different attitudes toward the question of caliphate and succession to the Prophet. The members of each of the two groups were from among the Muhajirun and Ansar . [^1]: Surah as-Saffat 37:83. [^2]: Muhajirun: a title given to the Muslims of Mecca who accompanied the Prophet (S) in his hijrah (migration) to Medina.

{Trans.} [^3]: Ansar: a title given to the Muslims of Medina who received the Prophet (S) and the Muslims of Mecca who migrated (hijrah) to Medina. {Trans.} [^4]: Bani Hashim: a clan in Mecca to which the Prophet and his descendants belong. {Trans.} [^5]: {sahabah}: it refers to the of the Prophet (S). In earlier times, the term was given only to his close friends who had close contact with him.

Later, the term was extended to include the believers who had seen him, eventhough it was for a brief moment or at an early age. {Trans.} [^6]: Jalal ad-Din as-Suyuti, Ad-Durr al-Manthur, vol.