Hanafi Madhhab
Where did the Hanafi Madhhab originate?
Kufa, Iraq.
What does the word Madhhab mean?
A school or path of Islamic legal thought.
What is Ijmā‘?
Consensus among qualified scholars on a legal issue.
Imam Shafi‘ee was born in this city in 150 A.H. (765 CE).
What is Ghazza (Gaza)?
Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal was born in this city in 164 A.H. (780 CE).
What is Baghdad?
Imam Abu Hanifa gave away 30,000 dirhams after his business accidentally sold damaged cloth. What does this show about him?
What is his honesty and fairness?
Which city was the center of Maliki thought?
Medina.
What is a Fatwa?
A legal opinion issued by a qualified scholar (mufti).
What major contribution did Imam al-Shafi‘i make to Islamic law?
He systematized the principles of jurisprudence (uṣūl al-fiqh).
What are the Hanbali school’s main sources of law?
The Qur’an, Sunnah, and the consensus of the Companions.
What is Istiḥsān, a key Hanafi legal principle?
Juristic preference — choosing the ruling that best serves fairness and justice.
What unique source of law does the Maliki school emphasize?
The practice (‘amal) of the people of Medina.
What is the main source of law for all madhhabs?
The Qur’an.
Which two works of Imam al-Shafi‘i are considered foundational texts?
Al-Risālah and Al-Umm.
Imam Ahmad memorized the Qur’an at an early age, which is called this.
What is Hifz?
Imam Abu Hanifa encouraged Muslims to use this when the Qur’an and Hadith didn’t give a clear answer.
What is reason and logic (ijtihad)?
Imam Malik’s most famous book collects sayings and actions of the Prophet ﷺ and is called this.
What is the Prophet’s Mosque?
What is Qiyās?
Analogical reasoning — applying known rulings to new cases by comparing underlying causes.
Imam Shafi‘ee combined the methods of Madinah (Imam Malik) and Iraq (Imam Abu Hanifa) to form this.
What is Shafi‘i Fiqh (Shafi‘i School of Law)?
Imam Ahmad collected over a million of these sayings and actions of the Prophet (SAW).
What are Ahadith?
Imam Abu Hanifa performed this important act of worship fifty times in his life.
What is Hajj
The Maliki School is mostly followed in this region of the world today.
What is North and West Africa?
What is Maṣlaḥah?
Public interest or welfare considered in rulings.
Which regions primarily follow the Shafi‘i Madhhab today?
East Africa, Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia), Yemen, and Egypt.
Imam Ahmad’s students included famous scholars like Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim, who wrote these books.
What are Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim?