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They split into the Shia and the Sunnis because they didn't know who the leader should be.

The Shias believed it should be blood relation, while the Sunnis believed the leader should be chosen.

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they responded with shock as abbu bakr became 1st imam

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Q: How did Muhammad's followers respond to his death?
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