Why scholars differ
For each issue: the recognized madhhab positions and the evidence each uses. We never tell you who is right, and never invent a reason for the difference.
Raising the Hands (Rafʿ al-Yadayn)
Ṣalāh / Prayer · 4 positionsreason reviewed
Ruling on Witr
Ṣalāh / Prayer · 4 positionsreason reviewed
Ruling on Qurbani
Usul & Foundations · 4 positions
Basmala Aloud in Prayer
Ṣalāh / Prayer · 4 positionsreason reviewed
Reciting al-Fātiḥa Behind the Imam
Ṣalāh / Prayer · 4 positionsreason reviewed
Touching a Woman and Wuḍūʾ
Ṭahārah / Purification · 4 positionsreason reviewed
Flowing Blood or Vomiting and Wuḍūʾ
Ṭahārah / Purification · 4 positions
Order (Tartīb) in Wuḍūʾ
Ṭahārah / Purification · 4 positions
Continuity (Muwālāh) in Wuḍūʾ
Ṭahārah / Purification · 4 positions
Saying Āmīn Aloud or Silently
Ṣalāh / Prayer · 4 positionsreason reviewed
Qunūt in the Fajr Prayer
Ṣalāh / Prayer · 4 positionsreason reviewed
Where to Place the Hands in Prayer
Ṣalāh / Prayer · 4 positionsreason reviewed
Combining Prayers While Travelling
Ṣalāh / Prayer · 4 positionsreason reviewed
Zakāh on a Woman's Worn Jewellery
Zakāh & Charity · 4 positions
Does Cupping (Ḥijāmah) Break the Fast?
Fasting · 4 positions
Renewing the Intention (Niyyah) Each Night of Ramaḍān
Fasting · 4 positions
Eating or Drinking Forgetfully While Fasting
Fasting · 4 positions
The Most Virtuous Form of Ḥajj: Tamattu', Qirān, or Ifrād
Ḥajj & ʿUmrah · 4 positionsreason reviewed
Does a Woman Require a Maḥram to Travel for Ḥajj?
Ḥajj & ʿUmrah · 4 positions
Is a Walī (Guardian) a Condition for a Woman's Marriage Contract?
Marriage · 4 positionsreason reviewed
Duration of Wiping Over Leather Socks (Masḥ ʿalā al-Khuffayn)
Ṭahārah / Purification · 4 positions
Number of Times to Wash a Vessel Licked by a Dog
Ṭahārah / Purification · 4 positions
Water Changed by a Pure (Ṭāhir) Substance Mixing In
Ṭahārah / Purification · 4 positions
Surfaces Valid for Tayammum Beyond Plain Earth
Ṭahārah / Purification · 4 positions
Is Rubbing (Dalk) the Body Required for a Valid Ghusl?
Ṭahārah / Purification · 4 positions
Ruling on Praying in Congregation (Jamāʿah) for Men
Ṣalāh / Prayer · 4 positions
Sujūd al-Sahw: Before or After the Salām?
Ṣalāh / Prayer · 4 positionsreason reviewed
Is Sujūd al-Tilāwah Obligatory or Recommended?
Ṣalāh / Prayer · 4 positions
Reciting al-Fātiḥa in the Funeral (Janāzah) Prayer
Death & Janāzah · 4 positions
Recitation in the Third and Fourth Rakʿahs
Ṣalāh / Prayer · 4 positions
Tarjīʿ (Repeating the Shahādatayn Quietly then Aloud) in the Adhān
Ṣalāh / Prayer · 4 positions
Is There a Minimum Amount for the Mahr (Dower)?
Marriage · 4 positions
Is Kafā'ah (Compatibility) a Condition for the Validity of Marriage?
Marriage · 4 positions
Is a Marriage Contracted Without Any Witnesses Present Valid?
Marriage · 4 positions
Three Divorce Pronouncements in a Single Sitting: One Divorce or Three?
Marriage · 4 positions
The ʿIddah of a Menstruating Divorced Woman: Counted by Menses or Purity?
Marriage · 4 positions
Khulʿ: Does the Husband's Agreement Remain Required?
Marriage · 4 positions
Does a Divorce Pronounced During Menstruation Take Legal Effect?
Marriage · 4 positions
Khiyār al-Majlis: Can Either Party Cancel a Sale Before Physically Parting?
Business & Trade · 4 positions
Ribā al-Faḍl: What Underlying Cause (ʿIllah) Extends It Beyond the Six Named Goods?
Business & Trade · 4 positions
Bayʿ al-ʿĪnah: A Sale-and-Buyback Used to Reach a Cash Loan
Business & Trade · 4 positions
Can a Father Compel (Ijbār) His Virgin Daughter into Marriage Without Asking Her?
Marriage · 4 positions
Number of Takbīrs in the Funeral Prayer
Death & Janāzah · 4 positions
Praying the Funeral Prayer in Absentia (Ṣalāt al-Ghāʾib)
Death & Janāzah · 4 positions
Washing the Deceased (Ghusl al-Mayyit) as Farḍ Kifāyah
Death & Janāzah · 4 positions
Minimum Number of Washes for the Deceased
Death & Janāzah · 4 positions
Seafood Other Than Fish: Shellfish and Crustaceans
Food & Halal · 4 positions
Game Caught by a Trained Hunting Dog or Falcon
Food & Halal · 4 positions
Meat Slaughtered by a Jew or Christian (Ahl al-Kitāb)
Food & Halal · 4 positions
The Zakāh Rate on Agricultural Produce (ʿUshr)
Zakāh & Charity · 4 positions
Is There a Minimum Niṣāb for ʿUshr on Produce?
Zakāh & Charity · 4 positions
Zakāt al-Fiṭr: Food Only, or Cash Value Too?
Zakāh & Charity · 4 positionsreason reviewed
Is Wuḍūʾ a Condition for the Validity of Ṭawāf?
Ḥajj & ʿUmrah · 4 positions
Cutting vs Fully Shaving the Hair After Ḥajj or ʿUmrah
Ḥajj & ʿUmrah · 4 positions