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Hanbali

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[han-buh-lee] / ˈhæn bə li /

noun

Islam.
  1. one of the four schools of Islamic law, founded by Ahmad ibn Hanbal.


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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

In a book written by Mirai ibn Yusef el Hanbali, are the names of twenty Arab women who improvised poetry.

From The Women of the Arabs by Charles S. (Charles Seymour) Robinson

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 Sir Richard Francis Burton

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