madhhab
(madhhab)
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A school of jurisprudence. |
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A school of jurisprudence. There are four in Sunnī Islam: the Hanafī, Hanbalī, Malakī, and Shāfi‘ī schools of law. The majority of Shī‘i Muslims follow the Jaḥfarī school of law. |
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Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, edited by Dr. Joseph Lumbard |
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