Zahiri

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Muslim who adheres to this madhab
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A liberal and literalist madhab in Islam that considers everything halal if it is not explicitly forbidden in the Quran and mutawatir hadiths

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِرِيّ (ẓāhiriyy).

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