Four Imams & Four Madhabs

Young Muslim Workshop

Session 3
Timeline of Imams

Hijri Year
 Scholar Abu Hanifa Malik bin Anas
Parents Thabit / Anas / Aaliyah
Birth Date/Place 80 AH/699 CE (Kufa, Iraq) 93 AH/712 CE (Madina)
Death Date/Place 150 AH/767 CE (Baghdad) 179 AH/795 CE (Madina)
Places of Stay Kufa/ Baghdad Madina
Children Hammad Yahya and Muhammad, Fatima
Students Son, Abu Yusuf, Muhammad, Imam Shafi’ee
Books Fiqh al-Akbar Al-Muwatta’

Full Name: Muhammad bin ldris Shafi’ee Ahmed bin Hanbal

Parents Idris / Muhammad / Saffiyah
Birth Date/Place 150 AH/767 CE (Gaza) 164 AH/780 CE (Basra)
Death Date/Place 204 AH/819 CE (Egypt) 241 AH/855 CE (Baghdad)
Places of Stay Makkah/Baghdad/Egypt Baghdad/Syria/Hijaz
Children Mohammed, Fatima, Zaynab 'Abdullah, Salih
Students Ahmad bin Hanbal, al-Bukhari, Imam Muslim, Abu Da'ud,
Books Arrissalah Musnad
What is a Madhhab? It is the way to go

Ahmad Shafe’i Malik Abu Hanifah

‫أحمد‬ ‫الشافعي‬ ‫مالك‬ ‫أبو حنيفة‬

Quran ‫القرآن‬

Sunnah ‫السنة‬
Sahaba Agreement Sahaba Sahaba
‫قول الصحابي‬ ‫اإلجماع‬ ‫قول الصحابي‬ ‫قول الصحابي‬

Agreement Comparison Agreement Agreement

‫اإلجماع‬ ‫القياس‬ ‫اإلجماع‬ ‫اإلجماع‬
Practice in
Comparison Sahaba Medina
Comparison
‫القياس‬ ‫قول الصحابي‬ ‫عمل أهل المدينة‬ ‫القياس‬