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    • Basically there are 4 major Sunni Madhhab “Hanafi”, “Maliki”, “Shafi’i” , and “Hanbali”. The difference between Hanafi And Maliki is that the Hanafi (Madhhab) is developed from the teachings of the theologian Imam Abu Hanifah (c.700-767) which spread by his discipline Abu Yūsuf (died 798) and Muhammad Al-shaybani (749/750-805) and became the dominant system of Islamic administration for the Abbasids and Ottamans where as Maliki Madhhab was founded by Malik Ibn Anas in the 8 the century.. Hanafi is followed by approximately 30% of Muslims world wide
  1. Hanafi fallowers of Abu hanafi and Maliki fallowers of imam Malik

  2. Hanafi and Maliki are two of the four major schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence, which interpret the principles of Islamic law and provide guidelines for daily life.

    The Hanafi school, named after the imam Abu Hanifa, is one of the oldest and most flexible schools of Islamic law, with a focus on reasoning by analogy and the use of personal discretion by the jurist. It has a strong presence in Central Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia.