Deoband

The ‘ulama of Deoband named after a sleepy north Indian town where a group of scholars established a madrasah to safeguard and propagate sacred knowledge — are adherents of one of the four imams of fiqh: Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Shafi‘, Imam Malik and Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal; And follow the Ash‘ari and Maturidi schools of creed.