The Development of Fiqh and the Madhhabs

  1. Fiqh: Its importance at the 5 ahkam taklifiyah (wajib, haram, makruh, mustahab, mubah)
  2. Fiqh at the time of the Prophet Muhammad
  3. Fiqh of the Sahaba
  4. Fiqh of the Tab’in
  5. Imam Abu Hanifah
  6. Imam Malik ibn Anas
  7. Imam al-Shafi
  8. Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
  9. Other scholars who had their own madhhabs
  10. Understanding the statement attributed to some of the Imams (When the Hadith is authentic, then it is my madhhab)
  11. Subsequent development and spread of the madhhabs
  12. The following of a madhhab and why the scholars differed?
  13. Dealing with new issues and ijtihad
  14. The laws of Salat as per the Hanafi & Shafi madhhabs.