Coexistence between the Maliki and Hanafi sects in Ottoman Algeria in the field of fatwa

Abstract

This study deals with the subject of   the coexistence between the Maliki and Hanafi school in Algeria during the Ottoman period (1518-1830), after the country  became an Ottoman stat , It was necessary for the the Hanafi school to return to it after centuries of extinction , despite the difference in the characteristics of the two schools, the hanafi school was a source of religious diversity, jurisprudential wealth, a spirit of brotherhood and tolerance emerged between the followers of the two sects in all fields, especially in the field of justice and advisory opinions. As well as in the field of education, which brought together teachers and academics from hanafi and maliki jurisprudence. In addition, the relations of cooperation and coordination between the two doctrines in many general issues related to Algerian society.