5-6 Schools of Law (madhhab)
| Sunni schools | ||
| Hanafi | Abu Hanifa (699-767) | India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, parts of Syria and Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey (official Ottoman School of Law), parts of Egypt |
| Maliki | Malik b. Anas (ca. 715-795) | Upper Egypt, Sudan, Northern Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tuesia), Western Africa, Kuwait, Bahrain |
| Shafi'i | Muhammad b. Idris al-Shafi'i (767-820) | Southern Egypt, Palestine, parts of Jordan and Syria, Southern Arabia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, East Africa |
| Hanbali | Ahmad b. Hanbal
(780-855) |
Saudi-Arabia (official Wahhabi / Saudi school of law), Qatar, Oman. |
| Shi'ite schools | ||
| Ja'fariyah (Twelver Shi'ah) | Ja'far al-Sadiq, 6th Imam (699-765) | Iran |
| Zaydiyah (Fiver Shi'ah) | Yemen |