haddad initially followed the hanafi school of sunni jurisprudence after his conversion to islam but later adopted the shafii school of sunni jurisprudence he stated he did so because  he found it easier to study due to shaykh nuh keller’s reliance of the traveler  he found it more logical to practice because it is the main school of jurisprudence in lebanon and because it is the school his wife follows and  the founder of the school imam shafii was a member of the quraysh tribe the tribe of muhammad and muhammad had told his followers to hold fast to the quran and the members of his household