Hanbali

[ han-buh-lee ]

noun

, Islam.

1. one of the four schools of Islamic law, founded by Ahmad ibn Hanbal.

Other Words From

• Hanba·lite noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hanbali¹

< Arabic Ḥanbalī, derivative of name of founder Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal

Example Sentences

Yousef Hanbali, a carpenter who fled Aleppo for a makeshift camp in Idlib province, said his family hoped to reach Turkey to find work.

From Time

Yousef Hanbali, a carpenter who fled Aleppo for a makeshift camp in Idlib province, said his family hoped to reach Turkey to find work.

From Reuters

"My wife is using boiled rice to feed our 11-month old baby. We can barely get one bottle of powdered milk a month," said Abdullah Hanbali, who worked as an engineer before the war.

From Reuters

Of Islam’s four major schools of thought, the underpinning of Saudi Arabia’s legal system is based on the most conservative Hanbali branch and an ideology widely known as Wahhabism.

From The Guardian

“The interpretation of Shari‘a that is increasingly being adopted is Hanbali, the most conservative one that is dominating in the Middle East.”

From Time