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المَذْهَبُ الحَنْبَلِيّ
Hanbali
The school of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, the most text bound of the four, strongest in Arabia.
Also written · Hanbalee · Hambali · Hanabila · Hanbaliyyah · Ahmad ibn Hanbal · Imam Ahmad · Hanbali madhhab · Hanbali school · Hanbalite
The meaning
What Hanbali means in Islam
Ahmad ibn Hanbal died in 241 AH and is remembered as much for his endurance under persecution as for his law. In worship the school stays close to the reports and is cautious about opinion. In transactions it is unusually permissive, holding that any contract is valid unless something forbids it. Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim wrote from within this school.
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- MadhhabA school of law: a settled method of deriving rulings, carried by generations of scholars.مَذْهَب
- 'AqdA contract: a binding agreement formed by an offer and its acceptance.عَقْد
- IstishabPresumption of continuity: what was established stays in force until there is proof it changed.اِسْتِصْحاب
- FiqhThe human effort to work out Islamic law from its sources, and the rulings that result.الفِقْه
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