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Twelver Shia - Part 1: Blood and Succession in Early Islam
In the burning sands of seventh-century Arabia, a single question split the world of early Islam: who should lead the faithful after the Prophet Muhammad’s death? Behind this question, rival claims ignited a struggle that would echo through centuries—culminating in the memory of a massacre on the plains of Karbala. What drove the forging of a tradition that would forever bind faith to lineage, loss, and the hope for a hidden guide? In the year six thirty-two, the Prophet Muhammad died, leaving behind a community united in belief, but divided by the urgent matter of succession.
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