Understanding the Four Schools of Islamic Thought: A Beginner's Guide

The four schools of jurisprudence in Islam, also known as the madhabs, are Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali. These schools of thought emerged in the early Islamic period and are based on the teachings and interpretations of Islamic law by their respective founders. Each school has its own set of principles and methodologies for interpreting Islamic law, and while there are similarities between them, there are also some differences.
The Hanafi school, founded by Abu Hanifa, emphasizes the use of reason and personal interpretation in legal rulings. The Maliki school, founded by Malik ibn Anas, is known for its reliance on the practice and customs of the people of Medina. The Shafi'i school, founded by Muhammad al-Shafi'i, places a strong emphasis on the Quran and the Sunnah (the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad), and the Hanbali school, founded by Ahmad ibn Hanbal, is known for its strict adherence to the literal texts of the Quran and the Sunnah. These schools of thought continue to have a significant influence on Islamic law and practice to this day.
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  • @alhassangangu4357
    @alhassangangu43575 ай бұрын

    Both Imam Abu Hanifa and Imam Malik رحمها الله actually studied under Imam Zuhri and Nafi’, these 2 were leading tabi’een in Madina.

  • @hashh2019

    @hashh2019

    Ай бұрын

    didn’t they both study under Jaafar As Sadiq as well- the great grandson of the Prophet?

  • @mikhan5191
    @mikhan51913 ай бұрын

    Correction : Imam Abu Hanifa did NOT live in Persia. He was a Persian (Afghan family) born in Kufa in Iraq & that is where he lived mostly.

  • @roadrunner575
    @roadrunner5753 ай бұрын

    As a revert trying to figure out which school I will follow, this video was so incredibly helpful and informative! May Allah reward you greatly for your efforts! Ameen!

  • @asrabmiah376

    @asrabmiah376

    2 ай бұрын

    Don't follow any madhab, rather follow what is Sahih according to Sunnah ❤❤

  • @hamzabangash4956

    @hamzabangash4956

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@asrabmiah376 yeah great❤

  • @trizvalerio8731

    @trizvalerio8731

    2 ай бұрын

    Follow the Quran and Sunnah .. ❤ as a revert, lets focus on the basics and establish ourselves in the basics of Islam.

  • @erdenkalilayev3877

    @erdenkalilayev3877

    Ай бұрын

    follow to the madhab in your region. in Central Asia, Turkey it is hanafi, in Malaysia, Somalia, Maldives, Dagestan it is Shafii, in North Africa it is maliki, Hanbali madhab is in Saudi Arabia (at some degree) etc etc.. I don't know where you live but if it is somewhere in Europe, America, you can pick your madhab if you don't know which one people follow to. if you want to understand more deeply why you should follow one of madhab, i suggest to you to read the book of shaykh Ramadhan al-Buti called "Al-la Madhabiya", it is available in the PDF format in internet for free.

  • @Bruhmoment-bx7yb

    @Bruhmoment-bx7yb

    Ай бұрын

    @@asrabmiah376bro these madhabs are completely fine they do follow the quran and sunnah these 4 great scholars u can follow them if u dont u are gona be lost and confused

  • @BennyBoxx
    @BennyBoxx Жыл бұрын

    Masallah. Very informative and a quick listen. May Allah reward our scholars and also reward historians like yourself.

  • @islamichistorypodcast

    @islamichistorypodcast

    Жыл бұрын

    Ameen, and may Allah reward you with good as well.

  • @benjamindivner3860
    @benjamindivner3860Ай бұрын

    Assalamualeykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. I am studying for an exam in Islamic law and Shari'a and this video was very helpful. Thank you.

  • @pashtoons2970
    @pashtoons297011 ай бұрын

    May Allah guide us all upon the haq and only the haq. Do dua and ask Allah for guidance. Surely the best guidance is only from Allah. May Allah be please with our four imams. And grant them the highest level of janah in the next life.

  • @ghazanfaralishah9939

    @ghazanfaralishah9939

    Ай бұрын

    There were several imams even better than these four appointed by the Government of the time. The real Islam you will get from the 12 imams from the Alebeit which prophet PBUH mentioned in the Hadith and Quran indicates their virtues

  • @RafikiWorks
    @RafikiWorks Жыл бұрын

    May Allah reward you for this massive effort. Ameen

  • @islamichistorypodcast

    @islamichistorypodcast

    Жыл бұрын

    Ameen. Jazkallah Khayr. We'll be producing more, insha'Allah.

  • @AhmedMasjid100
    @AhmedMasjid1003 ай бұрын

    Imam Malik may Allah reward him. studied, under Imam Jafar May Allah reward him.

  • @qasimabdihassan5297
    @qasimabdihassan52976 ай бұрын

    jazzakAllah khair for an informative video

  • @seifabdi9248
    @seifabdi92488 ай бұрын

    MashAllah what a great presentation

  • @mr.oliversscience4434
    @mr.oliversscience4434Ай бұрын

    Beautifully done

  • @rizkhan9248
    @rizkhan92488 ай бұрын

    May Allah reward you for your effort. Ameen

  • @islamichistorypodcast

    @islamichistorypodcast

    8 ай бұрын

    Ameen. Jazakallah Khayr.

  • @vidkit3595
    @vidkit3595 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent video brother may Allah reward you.

  • @islamichistorypodcast

    @islamichistorypodcast

    Жыл бұрын

    Ameen, Jazkallah Khayr

  • @someofmyvideos774
    @someofmyvideos774Ай бұрын

    An excellent introductory video. Thank you. Worth noting that some of the ideological beliefs of the Mutazallah (or perhaps more accurately, the khawarj) still exist today in the Ibadhi mathhab widely practiced in Oman.

  • @feelingdontmatter
    @feelingdontmatterАй бұрын

    Wahab definitely don't coincide with ibn hanbil. Sad to say. The fact that alot of his teachings wasn't recorded the fact that wahab was a able to manipulate it. What is know if that Ahmad ibn Hanbil was a student of Shafiy and they shared the SAME belief. Wahab doesn't

  • @DragonAssassin77
    @DragonAssassin7728 күн бұрын

    One Muslim ummah, haram to divide islam ☪️ ♥️

  • @nyazee
    @nyazeeАй бұрын

    The "hypothetical" method you are referring to is known as the Case Study method. All modern law, even Western law, uses this case study method for teaching now. Imam Abu Hanifah (may Allah be pleased with him) invented that method.

  • @user-qj1dh4io3g
    @user-qj1dh4io3gАй бұрын

    There is a fatwa of Shaykh Mahnood Shaltoot who was the grand mufti of Al-Azhar back in the 1960's and he issued a ruling that the Shia 12er school, also known as the Shia Imamiyah or Jarafi school is perfectly fine to follow,, you can find the fatwa online,,,

  • @ems4884
    @ems48843 ай бұрын

    This is helpful but what are the actual rules that ade different?

  • @spinmaster0
    @spinmaster0Ай бұрын

    There were loads of schools of thought back in those days. Either the students didn't maintain the knowledge, or the documentation was lost. The four here survived, plus a few less well known ones.

  • @ghazanfaralishah9939

    @ghazanfaralishah9939

    Ай бұрын

    Dear brothers and sisters protect yourself and your family and follow the school of Alebeit the 12 imams that is the real Islam. If you are biased to them then it's your own choice and Allah will not accept any excuses on the day of judgment soon we will face it

  • @maa7332
    @maa7332Ай бұрын

    Ahsmwm The Qur'an and Ahlubayt (33:33/42:23) is the original deen.

  • @hakman327
    @hakman327 Жыл бұрын

    Great video MashaAllah, which of the four do you follow? Salam from Germany

  • @islamichistorypodcast

    @islamichistorypodcast

    Жыл бұрын

    I guess I follow a mixture of Maliki and Hanafi. I studied in Senegal, West Africa, and Trinidad (mostly Muslims from the subcontinent.)

  • @WB007
    @WB007Ай бұрын

    Did you use an ai generated image for thumbnail? If you did, may I remember you the hadith of the image maker? ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ood (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) say: “The people who will be most severely punished on the Day of Resurrection will be the image-makers.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (5950) and Muslim (2109).

  • @braveheart8318

    @braveheart8318

    Ай бұрын

    Prohibitions only come from God. God didn't prohibit things like painting, music, dancing or even alcohol etc, but unfortunately, most so-called believers are the followers of shaitan. They follow lies and contocted hadiths called sunnah. God didn't ask to follow a mixture of Jewish, Christian, and Zoroastrian nonsense incorporated in Islam by so-called ulema.

  • @DefendersofGod619
    @DefendersofGod619 Жыл бұрын

    Damn which one of these poor guys didnt get thrown in prison and beatin? Politics is the worst.

  • @islamichistorypodcast

    @islamichistorypodcast

    Жыл бұрын

    Only Imam Shafi escaped. Though he was put on trial.

  • @almaghrabee
    @almaghrabeeАй бұрын

    Why did the scholars refuse to get involved with law making and politics?

  • @Al-Bruni
    @Al-Bruni Жыл бұрын

    School of Jurisprudence

  • @TheTruthcometh
    @TheTruthcometh4 ай бұрын

    How do Muslims know which school they are following?

  • @islamichistorypodcast

    @islamichistorypodcast

    4 ай бұрын

    It's usually based on the region they're in. Certain schools dominate in certain parts of the world.

  • @vincentkivuva584
    @vincentkivuva584Ай бұрын

    Do Shiite follow a different madhab from these four?

  • @islamichistorypodcast

    @islamichistorypodcast

    Ай бұрын

    Yes, the primary Twelver Shia madhhab is Jaafari fiqh.

  • @hashh2019

    @hashh2019

    Ай бұрын

    imam abu hanifa and malik studied under him too- he was the great grandson of the Prophet saw. (jaafar as sadiq)

  • @vincentkivuva584

    @vincentkivuva584

    Ай бұрын

    @@hashh2019 heard this in a podcast recently, and it's very interesting.

  • @vincentkivuva584

    @vincentkivuva584

    Ай бұрын

    @@hashh2019 does anyone know how Hanifa and Malik moved from being Shiite to Sunni?

  • @hashh2019

    @hashh2019

    Ай бұрын

    @@vincentkivuva584 no but i think they were always sunnis- they just studied

  • @SimpleandConscious
    @SimpleandConsciousАй бұрын

    Imam Abu Hanifa studied Fiqh under Hammad bin Abi Salamah for 18 years not Hadith under Hammad bin Zayd who was a lot younger than Imam Abu Hanifa.

  • @irfankurrimbux5445
    @irfankurrimbux54453 ай бұрын

    Allah planned everything meticulously since the beginning, he sent His messengers in the same lineage. In the end He leaves the decision in the hands of strangers, does that sound logic? Following the companions is mentioned nowhere in the Quran and among the companions there were liars, aldulterers, wine drinkers and renegades ! Ibn Hanbal, Muslim, Tirmizi & many others have reported that the Holy Prophet PBUH has recommended to follow the Holy Quran alonside with the Progeny of His Household. Scholars never mention it and lead the people towards 4 manmade 'imams' who came as from 1 century after ! These 4 so called school of thoughts were monitored by the kings of their time. One important thing which scholars do not let the people know is that, these kings killed mercilessly the Progeny of the Holy Prophet PBUH as well as their followers. That's the bitter part of Islamic history which started at Karbala.

  • @vincentkivuva584

    @vincentkivuva584

    Ай бұрын

    Why would Allah swt do things logically? He's beyond logic.

  • @johjohn8744

    @johjohn8744

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing. JazakaAllah khair

  • @nato6648
    @nato6648Ай бұрын

    During Prophet pbuh, these things never existed, 100% bidah

  • @shamsdoha952
    @shamsdoha95211 ай бұрын

    These 4 diviition must be abolished.😮

  • @Besiktas19003

    @Besiktas19003

    8 ай бұрын

    Why?

  • @lordlogic3190

    @lordlogic3190

    2 ай бұрын

    @@ems4884Islam is already perfect and any alteration is corruption.

  • @vincentkivuva584

    @vincentkivuva584

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@ems4884under your reasoning your comment will be mute. In essence there would be no room for conversation, transmission or discussion.

  • @erdenkalilayev3877

    @erdenkalilayev3877

    Ай бұрын

    it is near to impossible, as , for example, there is one sahih hadith that says that prophet sallallahu aleyhi wa sallam, used to pray with hands parallel to his body, and there are sahih hadiths where prophet used to pray with hands put on, under or close to his chest. which one you should pick? so that's why there are people called mujtahids who classified the rulings. madhab division is a mercy from Allah, azza wa jall. there will be one madhab in Islam only when Isa aleyhisalam comes. he won't be a prophet for us, he will follow the shariah of Muhammad aleyhisalam, and he will be taught Muhammadian shariah.

  • @rasco27

    @rasco27

    Ай бұрын

    100%

  • @travelmood4543
    @travelmood4543Ай бұрын

    Nobody needs to follow any school of thought and nobody will be asked on the day of judgement why any school of thought has not been followed, but definitely will be asked why Qur'an has not been followed because our prophet had highly recommended us.

  • @alimirzabeg
    @alimirzabegАй бұрын

    Change your Channel Name to Sunni Islamic History otherwise you are deceiving Innocent People about ISLAM. DEEN OF ALLAH.