Malik, whom the majority of Sudanese people accepted. Most of those who came to Sudan were from Upper Egypt, which was known for its adherence to the teachings of the Maliki school of thought. Therefore, this school was destined to spread and find acceptance at the hands of these people. The early pioneers of jurists, whether they studied in Egypt like Mahmoud Al-Arki, Ibrahim Al-Bullad, and Mohamed Saghiroun, or those who gathered and came from Egypt, such as Mohamed Al-Qanawi Al-Masri, were all followers of Malik's school. They introduced the teaching of the books "Al-Risala" and "Mukhtasar Khalil" in the centers of learning that were established in Sudan. The scholars from the Maghreb who came to these lands were also Maliki. A small minority of Sudanese people embraced the Shafi'i school of thought.

Youssef Fadl Hassan (Ph.D.) Human Migrations and Their Impact on the Spread of Islam in Sudan, First Edition. Researches from the First Conference of the Association of Mudathir Abdel Rahim / Al-Tayeb Zain Al-Abidin, Khartoum: Dar Al-Asala, 1989, p. 10. 1989 Islamic Thought and Culture, Khartoum.