MADHHABS BY COUNTRY
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In Islam, a complete system within Muslim Law, Sharia. The madhhabs are often referred to as 'schools' of Sharia. In Sunni Islam, there are 4 madhhabs, Hanafi, Hanbali, Maliki and Shafi'i. In Twelver Shi'i Islam there is only one madhhab, the school of Jafari. Ibadi Islam also has a madhhab, though not independently named. Madhhab may also be used to indicate ideology beyond Sharia, but this is a little used meaning of the term. The 4 madhhabs of Sunni Islam today are really just the survivors of a number of madhhabs defined in the early centuries of Islam. Other important, but extinct madhhabs were the ones of Abu Thawr (dead 854) and at-Tabari (dead 923). A consensus of uniform acceptance has been formed between the 4 schools, and in some societies a Muslim may shift between different madhhabs depending on his personal views and the case in matter. Despite how hard it may be for the outsider to comprehend, the 4 schools have arrived at the point of accepting other madhhabs as legitimate. This may be deduced to the schools being substantially similar in important matters, while there still are a great number of differences between them. I Found this and thought it was interesting... Gulf Country is Hanbali- that's just from what I gather... I would love to practice under the Hanbali or Shafi school... MADHHABS BY COUNTRY Algeria Maliki; Ibadi minority Bahrain Jafari (Shi'i); Shafi'i and Maliki (Sunni) Egypt Hanafi Iran Jafari (Shi'i); Hanafi (Sunni) Iraq Jafari (Shi'i); Hanafi (Sunni) Israel Hanafi, some Shafi'i Jordan Hanafi Kuwait Maliki (Sunni); Jafari (Shi'i) Lebanon Hanafi (Sunni); Jafari (Shi'i) Libya Maliki; Ibadi minority Mauritania Maliki Morocco Maliki Oman Ibadi majority, Shafi'i (Sunni) Palestine Hanafi, some Shafi'i Qatar Hanbali Saudi Arabia Hanbali (Sunni); Jafari (Shi'i) Sudan Hanafi, some Maliki Syria Hanafi Tunisia Maliki (also Hanafi) Turkey Hanafi United Arab Emirates Hanbali (Sunni); Jafari (Shi'i) Western Sahara Maliki Yemen Shafi'i (Sunni); Zaydi Shi'i school |
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