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Changes to the Sunnah made by the Rashidun
Here is a list of the changes to the Sunnah, the way of the Prophet, made by the rashidun Caliphs:
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Abu Bakr
According to Sunnis
According to Shias
- Abrogated Ali's leadership.
- Stole the land of Fadak from Fatima and also usurped Muhammad's heritage from all his relatives.
- Abu Bakr payed the Prophets depts in spite of him telling that only Ali was allowed to do that
- Fought Muslims only because they didn't recognise his leadership and didn't want to give him Taxes.
Umar
According to Sunnis
- Forbade the lamentation for dead relatives, including his daughter, in contrary to what the Prophet meant.
- Changed the number of floggings for drinking alkohol from 40 to 80 lashes.
- allowed people to "tripple divorce"
According to Shias
- All the above, and the following:
- Umar took the solitary prayer of the month of ramadhanand changed it to congretional prayer.
- Forbade temporary mariage
Uthman
According to Sunnis
- Forbade relaxation between Hajj and Umrah 1 2
- doubled the morning prayer
According to Shias
- -
Ali
- Restored all the above to the default.
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