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madhhab

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Transliteration of Arabic مَذْهَب (maḏhab, “way of going off; doctrine, school”).

noun madhhabs · maḏhab · mazhab · maz'hab · maẕhab · madhab

  1. A school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence. Now some ignorant people claim that they have reached the grade of absolute ijtihâd, that they can draw rules from the Nass and that they no longer need to follow one of the four madhhabs, and they abandon the madhhab they have followed for years.

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noun a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence

日本語マズハブ mazuhabu
中文伊斯蘭教神學派別 /伊斯兰教神学派别 Yīsīlánjiào shénxué pàibié
हिन्दीमज़हब mazhab
Françaismadhhab, mazhab, madhab
DeutschMadhhab
Italianomadhhab, madh'hab
Русскиймазха́б mazxáb
العربيةمَذْهَب maḏhab

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"madhhab." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/madhhab. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{madhhab_2026,
  title = {madhhab},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/madhhab},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}