Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 15 (2): 586-595, 2020 ISSN: 1816-949X © Medwell Journals, 2020 Practice in Certain School and Fanatic Inclination to One School: A Study among Malaysian Shafi’i Mazhab Within Islamic Civilization Context Wan Zulkifli Wan Hassan, Nazri Muslim, Rozmel Abdul Latiff, Nani Rahayu Sallihudin and Pusat Citra Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia Abstract: This study seeks to examine and evaluate the reality between madzhab and fanaticism in the context of Islamic society in Malaysia. What is the position of the Shafi'i-Muslim community to be regarded as a condition that is required and defended or it may be regarded as a sectarian fanatic society that must be rectified. With the development of the mind and the culture of life at this time the attachment to a sect will raise many questions. Among them is the practice of the Shafici sect by the Muslim community in Malaysia without referring to the views of the sects besides Shafi’i in accordance with current requirements and public interest? Is there any change in the education system and exposure to various schools that have no effect on the practice of madhab? This study looks at whether the Muslim community in Malaysia is strongly devoted to Shafici or simply fanatical to the sect. The study uses qualitative methods by referring historical documents to Islamic developments in Malaysia and Islamic classical books. By making in-depth analysis, the study found Shafii’s practice of dominating among Muslim societies in Malaysia despite partly practicing a sect besides the Shafici sect. Shafici’s practice in their circles does not indicate that they take blind or fanatical attitude toward the Shafici sect and even the stand is to celebrate the sectarian grip of the sect that has been adopted by the community. There are also some views of the Shafici sect that are not followed fully in the face of current fiqh issues due to fatwas adopt the outside view of the Shafici sect and clearly give the people the choice to adopt any four sect. The study also found that the authoritative parties in the affairs of Islamic religion in Malaysia such as the Mufti department in each state take cautiousness, openness and relaxation and give choice (takhayyur) and talfiq to the community in accordance with the elements of Islamic legal flexibility such as istislah, al -dhara’i’ urf and so forth in line with the common interest and maqasid al-shari’ah. This also illustrates the fanatical attitude to the Shafii sect not so noticeable among the Muslim community in Malaysia. Key words: Inclination to one school, fanaticism, Shafi’i, Malaysia, current fiqh, Islamic legal INTRODUCTION One of the generally accepted facts of the Shafi’i Mazhab is very dominant among the Malay community due to certain factors such as history, legislation, fatwa and community practice. This condition has certainly created a harmony of religious practices that can create the formation of a harmonious Malay society based on the teachings of Islam based on the Shafi’i sect. In the 20th century the writing trend has changed, since, the previous century which has emerged in the form of khilafiyyah in addition to the old trend that is not khilafiyyah which focus only on the fiqh of the Shafi’I sect (Abdul Kadir b. Hj. This is because the explanation of the opinion in the form of khilafiyyah is not confined to the Shafi’i sect only has even been expressed in other sects to solve current issues during that time because of the pros and cons of the issue being discussed. The implication of this new phenomenon in fiqh in Malaysia has been the instability of Shafi’i’s thinking in the history of its development in Malaysia. This problem was raised by the youth in the early 20th century after there were some Malaysian and Indonesian students who had the opportunity to gain knowledge in Mecca, Egypt and India. Coincidentally, in these countries is influenced by the wave in religious thought. In Hijaz was influenced by the Wahabiyyah movement pioneered by Muhammad Abd al-Wahhab, since, the 18th century which supported Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (these two figures are in the 14M century). The two of them are Hanbali’s sect. In Egypt it was influenced by the methodology of Muhammad ‘Abduh (early 20th century) thinking of the al-Hanafi sect while in India it was influenced by the teachings of Wali al-Allah al-Dahlawi (in the late 18th century). In the movement there is a call to return to the original source in solving each legal problem by referring to the Qur’an and the Qur’an and inviting to ijtihad and not by means of bertaqlid. This study aims to examine and evaluate the reality between madzhab and madzhab fanaticism in the context Corresponding Author: Nazri Muslim, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia 586