Hanafi?

Somebody from Guyana recently asked me what kind of Muslim I was … she asked whether I was a Hanafi? I just told her that I’m Sunni … I’ve never heard of Hanafi.

Do any of you know what Hanafi is? I am curious.

In Sunnis there are 4 school of thoughts following 4 imams (imam/teachers of fiqah)

  1. Hanafi - (Imam-e-Azam Abu Hanifa R.A) mostly found in sub-continent, Turkey, Central Asia and Indonesia etc.
  2. Shafai - (Imam Shafai R.A) mostly in Egypt, Middle east and Africa
  3. Maliki - (Imam malik R.A) mostly in Arabia and Egypt
  4. Hanbali (Imam Ahmed bhi Hanbal R.A) Iraq, Syria and Central Asia.