A controversy erupted after Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi, President of the All India Muslim Jamat, criticised Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami for not observing Roza (fasting) during Ramadan.

Since Shiites venerate Ali and his son as the rightful successors to their Prophet Mohammad, the death of the two Imam caliphs led to the current division between Sunni and Shiite Islam.