needs correction as follows zaidi shia and ibadi khawarij amman message in the modern era sadiq al mahdi the former prime minister of sudan defined the recognized schools of muslim jurisprudence as eight specific schools hassan ahmed ibrahim an overview of al sadiq al madhi's islamic discourse taken from the blackwell companion to contemporary islamic thought p ed ibrahim abu rabi' hoboken wiley blackwell isbn the amman message a three point ruling issued by islamic scholars from over countries officially recognizes those eight legal schools of thought the three points of the amman message v hanafi sunni maliki sunni shafi'i sunni hanbali sunni ja'fari shia including mustaali taiyabi ismaili zaidi shia ibadi khawarij zahiri