: an orthodox school of Muslim jurisprudence predominating in Saudi Arabia compare hanafi , maliki , shafiʽi
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or Hanbalite
-əˌlīt
: a follower of the Hanbali school
Word History
Etymology
Arabic ḥanbalīy, after ibn-Hanbal †855 Arab jurist
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