Since Ijtihad and Ijma' - the effective framework of Islamic thinking - came to an early stop, the inner integrity of Islam was destroyed, each element forcing its own way out in a direction it pleased or happened to take and thus parallel, indeed mutually opposed "Islams" developed throughout the later centuries.
Kwa hivyo anaueneza kwa matumaini ya kupata wafuasi wengi, na anahimili taabu na mashaka katika hilo, kama alivyofanya Mtume (s.a.w.) na sahaba zake, waliueneza mwito wa Uislamu katika pembe zote kwa kutaraji kupata wafuasi. Kulikuwa na mfungamano wa kijirani, kibiashara na hata kunyonyeshana watoto kati ya Ansar na Mayahudi.