madhhab (madhhab)

(Language: Arabic)

Short Description: A school of jurisprudence

Long Description: 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.

Sources: Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, edited by Dr. Joseph Lumbard