Zahiri

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Zahiri Zahiris

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِرِيّ (ẓāhiriyy).

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