Notes On Muhammadanism: Being Outlines of the Religious System of Islam
Notes On Muhammadanism: Being Outlines of the Religious System of Islam
Thomas Patrick Hughes
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He enjoyed the personal ac- quaintance of Hanifa, and he was considered the most learned man of his time. 4. The Hambalis were founded by Imam Abu 'Abdullah Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hambal, who was born at Bagdad, a. D. 786 (a. H. 164). He attended the lectures delivered by Shafa'i, by whom he was instructed in the traditions. His followers are found in Eastern Arabia, and in some parts of Africa, but it is the least popular of the four schools of inter- pretation. They have no Mufti at Mecca, wh...ilst the other three sects are represented there. The Wahhabis rose from this sect. From the disciples of these four great Imams have proceeded an immense number of com- mentaries and other works, all differing on a variety of points in their constructions, although coinciding in their general principles. 214 XLYII. — THE SHI'A'HS. The SMa'hs (lit. " followers ") are the followers of 'Ali, the husband of Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad. They maintain that 'Ali was the first legitimate Khalifa, or successor to Muhammad, and therefore reject Abu Bakr, Omar, and Osman, the first three Khalifs, as usurpers.
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