"The Succession to Muhammad is a book by Wilferd Madelung published by the Cambridge University Press in 1997. Madelung investigates the events after the death of Muhammad, where there was a battle to see who would control the Muslim community. This struggle resulted in the difference between Sunnite and Shi'ite Islam over authority (spiritual and temporal)."@en . "The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate"@en . . "432"^^ . . "0521646960" .