Madhhab

Madhhab (Arabic مذهب pl. ????? Madhaahib) is an Arabic term that refers to an Islamic school of thought or religious jurisprudence (fiqh). In the first 150 years there were lots of schools, several of the Sahaba are credited with one, prominent became the schools of Damascus (often named Awza'iyya), of Kufa, of Basra and the school of Medina, which survived as the Maliki madhhab, while both Iraqi schools were consolidated into the Hanafi madhhab. Shafi'i, Hanbali, Zahiri and Jariri are later.

Footnotes

1. Although it is generally accepted among Sunnis and Shias that Imam Abu Hanifa was a student of Imam Jafar Sadiq, some Sunni apologetics have cast doubt . The question whether Imam Malik also was a student of Imam Jafar Sadiq is generally disputed among Sunnis, though it is generally accepted by Shias.

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