[Philo-Junius]

That Muhammad, according to tradition, made no clear arrangements either for a successor or even for the process by which a successor should be chosen indicates strongly that Muhammad’s secular role in the community, if any, was exaggerated.

The whole Shi’ite/Sunni struggle is a central indication of the historical sand upon which much Muslim tradition is built.

[VOA]

That Muhammad, according to tradition, made no clear arrangements either
for a successor or even for the process by which a successor should
be chosen indicates strongly that Muhammad’s secular role in
the community, if any, was exaggerated.

After seeing the PBS (and mostly-Saudi financed) documentary
"Legacy of The Prophet"...
I was convinced that Muhammad simply built a Bushido code that
governed a gang of thugs in a tough (desert) environment.

And that the same philosophy guides orthodox (Wahhabi) Islam to
this very day.
It just got suppressed for about a hundred years by the success
of Western Civilization/Technology.

Until some of Muhammad's successors learned how to harness some
of the technology of The Great Satan.