Question

The _____ Muslims believe their leader must be a direct descendant of Muhammad.

Sunni? I tried Shiite and Shia but, got them wrong.

Answer 1

The correct answer is Shiite Muslims.

The Shiite Muslims believe their leader must be a direct descendant of Muhammad and his family.

They are also called as Shiyas having different ideology than Sunni Muslims who believed that Prophet Muhammad did not have any rightful successors and elections will chose their leader.

Answer 2

We have been given a fill in the blanks and we have to write the correct answer according to the question given to us.

The question which is given to us is that which sect of Islam believes that their leader should be a direct descendant of Muhammad.

The answer to the question is Sunni Muslim believes this.