Hanbali
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of Hanbali
< Arabic Ḥanbalī, derivative of name of founder Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal
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Of Islam’s four major schools of thought, the underpinning of Saudi Arabia’s legal system is based on the most conservative Hanbali branch and an ideology widely known as Wahhabism.
From The Guardian • Jan. 1, 2016
“The interpretation of Shari‘a that is increasingly being adopted is Hanbali, the most conservative one that is dominating in the Middle East.”
From Time • Dec. 24, 2014
So Southeast Asia is an area where al-Qaida has had a historical presence -- Hanbali and others in the aftermath of 9/11, but even more recently.
From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2014
The author is Abd-al-Kâdir ibn Mohammad al Ansâri al Jazari al Hanbali.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
In the twelfth century, at all times but the evening, the Shafe’i began, then came the Maliki and Hanbali simultaneously, and, lastly, the Hanafi.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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