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
Sunni has four schools of Islamic doctrine and law - Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali - which uniquely interpret the Hadith, or recorded oral traditions of Muhammad.
From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Of the four schools those of Abu Hanifah and Al-Shafe'i are most common in Cairo; the followers of Ibn Malik abound only in Southern Egypt and the Berberah country, and the Hanbali is almost unknown.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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