Towards the half 2nd century , geographically based schools of thought came in being.There were only four major legal schools(Hanafi,Maliki,Shafi and Hanabali) which are one of the important feature of "Shariah".Shariah indicates the application of law which is justified by Holy Quran and the Prophet.There was mutual tolerance among the different schools and all of them repected the use of ijma.I personally believed the individual style of interpretation is valid and the method of reasoning can be seen in the same light because eventually each of the school leads to same point and every muslim has the right to choose any of the school. The oldest of the classical Sunni schools is the Maliki, which is originated in Medina.Respect for the sunnah of Medina as the place most closely associated with the mission of the Holy Prophet and the first Muslim community persisted in the legal thought of the Maliki school.While Hanafi jurists attached great importance to systematic consistency in legal thought and the refinement of legal principles. They used juristic speculation to develop rules and characteristically resolved legal questions through formalistic approaches. Also the third school Al-Shafii elevated the sunnah of the Prophet to the status of a source of law coequal with the Qur'an which i believe is widely accepted hence which is why today most of muslims believe that sunnah explains the Quran.Al-Shafii rejected the use of juristic opinion or speculative reasoning in formulating legal principles and insisted that jurists be restricted to the use of analogical reasoning (Qiyas).Lastly the Hanabali school believed in five main sources of law;the holy Qur’an and Sunnah, the fatwas of scholars as long as they do not contradict the scriptures,the sayings and opinions of jurists that fall in line with the holy texts, traditions(Ahadiths) without a specific lineage of