A madhhab (Arabic: مذهب‎ maḏhab, "way to act"; pl. مذاهب maḏāhib) is a school of thought within fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence).
The major Sunni madhhabs are Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanbali and the Twelver Shi'i madhhab is Ja'fari.