Original sentence: Muhammad delivered Qur'anic verses which permitted the Muslims to fight the Meccans (see Qur'an 22:39-40) These attacks provoked and pressured Mecca by interfering with trade, and allowed the Muslims to acquire wealth, power and prestige while working toward their ultimate goal of inducing Mecca's submission to the new faith.The significance of Badr
Edited sentence: (See Succession to Muhammad for more information on the controversy on the succession to the caliphate).According to the Sunni, another daughter, Umm Kulthum, married Uthman.After Khadija's death, Muhammad married the six-years old Aisha, the daughter of his friend Abu Bakr (who would later emerge as the first leader of the Muslims after Muhammad's death).Each of these men, in later years, would emerge as successors to Muhammad and political leaders of the Muslims.In Medina, he married the twenty-year old Hafsah, daughter of Umar (who would eventually become Abu Bakr's successor).Muhammad delivered Qur'anic verses which permitted the Muslims to fight the Meccans.Muhammad's daughter Fatima married Ali, Muhammad's cousin.Sunni Muslims regard these caliphs as the Rashidun, or Rightly Guided.These attacks provoked and pressured Mecca by interfering with trade, and allowed the Muslims to acquire wealth, power and prestige while working toward their ultimate goal of inducing Mecca's submission to the new faith.Thus, all four caliphs were linked to Muhammad by marriage