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