The Maliki madhab (Arabic مالكي) is one of
the four schools of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam. It
is the second-largest of the four schools, followed by
approximately 25% of Muslims, mostly in North Africa and West
Africa.
Madhabs are not sects, but rather schools of jurisprudence. There
is, technically, no rivalry or competition between members of
varying madhabs, and indeed it would not be uncommon for followers
of all four to be found in a randomly selected American or
European mosque.The other three schools of thought are
Shafi,
Hanafi, and Hanbali.
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