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title: "Some unique facts about Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi and Hanbali"  
description: "Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi, and Hanbali are the four main schools of Islamic jurisprudence, or fiqh. These schools are named after their founders, here's some facts"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2023-01-02  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1988/some-unique-facts-about-hanafi-maliki-shafi-and-hanbali  
category: "education"  
tags: ["Hanafi", "Maliki", "Shafi", "hanbali", "facts", "unique facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Some unique facts about Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi and Hanbali

![Some unique facts about Hanafi Maliki Shafi and Hanbali](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/af542a4a-fc2b-4d40-a283-744d8714724a/images/c2ff5f17-fa55-44fb-b10d-f18cb1cf2bd6.jpeg) ![Some unique facts about Hanafi Maliki Shafi and Hanbali](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/af542a4a-fc2b-4d40-a283-744d8714724a/images/4c26b396-7e0b-47f6-a780-07916b0f7ff3.jpeg) The Hanafi school is the oldest and most widely followed of the four schools. ![Some unique facts about Hanafi Maliki Shafi and Hanbali](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/af542a4a-fc2b-4d40-a283-744d8714724a/images/4ebd172c-ee0f-4b75-b485-ce3726784747.jpeg) The Maliki school is known for its focus on the customs and practices of the early Muslim community in Medina and is particularly popular in W Africa ![Some unique facts about Hanafi Maliki Shafi and Hanbali](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/af542a4a-fc2b-4d40-a283-744d8714724a/images/b771ffcf-85b4-45fe-9f3e-051212281289.jpeg) The Shafi school is known for its rigorous and detailed approach to legal scholarship and is widely followed in Southeast Asia ![Some unique facts about Hanafi Maliki Shafi and Hanbali](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/af542a4a-fc2b-4d40-a283-744d8714724a/images/037b08ae-1b93-4983-a3db-38a595f6f96b.jpeg) The Hanbali school is the most strict and literalist of the four schools and is followed by a minority of Muslims, mostly in the Arab world.

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