Zahiri

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Zahiri

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Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِرِيّ (ẓāhiriyy).

proper noun

A liberal and literalist madhab in Islam that considers everything halal if it is not explicitly forbidden in the Quran and mutawatir hadiths

noun Zahiris

A Muslim who adheres to this madhab

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"Zahiri." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zahiri. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{zahiri_2026,
  title = {Zahiri},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zahiri},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}