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Differences among Sheikhs Regarding the Reasons For Disagreement among Imams in the Hanafi School of Thought: An Applied Study

Authors

  • Mamoun Mujalli Abu Jaber Department of Jurisprudence and its Fundamentals, Sheikh Noah Al-Qudah College of Sharia and Law, The World Islamic Science & Education University, Amman, Jordan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0769-3626

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/Law.2025.12760

Keywords:

Disagreement, scholars, explanation, reasons, Hanafi school.

Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to clarify the intended meaning of Sheikhs in the Hanafi school of thought, to highlight their main scholarly contributions within the school, and to examine the reasons for their differences regarding the reasons for disagreement among the imams of the Hanafi school. It also seeks to present applied examples illustrating these differences.

Methods: The study adopts inductive, analytical, and inferential approaches by tracing instances of differences among Sheikhs regarding the reasons for disagreement, classifying and analyzing the relevant evidences, and inferring the underlying causes of divergence, with reference to authoritative Hanafi sources.

Results: The findings show that the term Sheikhs in the Hanafi school refers to scholars who did not meet Imām Abū Ḥanīfa. Hanafi jurists distinguished between the ranks of imams, mujtahids, and Sheikhs. The scholarly contributions of the Sheikhs included verification, juristic extrapolation, preference, legal reasoning, and deriving rulings for new issues based on the principles of the school. The reasons for differences among Sheikhs regarding the reasons for disagreement were varied, with differences in understanding and in evidentiary reasoning being among the most significant. These differences continued into later generations of the school, as demonstrated by the applied examples examined in this study.

Conclusion: Differences in the Hanafi school were not confined to the imams themselves or to their evidentiary reasoning, but extended to the Sheikhs in their identification and extrapolation of the reasons for disagreement among the imams, as reflected in a number of applied juristic issues preserved in the school’s literature.

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2026-01-07

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Abu Jaber, M. M. (2026). Differences among Sheikhs Regarding the Reasons For Disagreement among Imams in the Hanafi School of Thought: An Applied Study. Dirasat: Shari’a and Law Sciences, 12760. https://doi.org/10.35516/Law.2025.12760

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Shari'a
Received 2025-08-06
Accepted 2025-12-11
Published 2026-01-07