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Zakat and its rules

For the vast majority of Muslims today, zakat is treated as a simple 2.5% calculation on certain types of wealth, once a year, above a minimum threshold defined in grams of gold or silver.

How do we know salat without hadith?

A statement that is often made is 'we cannot pray the salat without the hadith'.

How did the religious preachers / storytellers shape Islam?

Many Muslims today think that all religious information is preserved with the same care as the Qur'an.

How was Abu Hanifa viewed by people of hadith?

When people claim that you cannot follow Islam without hadith, they always forget the one man who did exactly this: Abu Hanifa.

Is Qiblah change proof verses in the Quran have been cancelled?

To demonstrate that certain Qur'anic verses have been abrogated by other verses, some people show the example of the early Muslims facing Jerusalem before changing direction towards Mecca as abrogation.