Usulism

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noun

One of two main schools of Twelver Shia Islam (the other being Akhbarism), currently the largest by far, which favors the use of critical reasoning in jurisprudence, theology, and hadith criticism as performed by trained, authoritative clerical scholars.

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Meanings

nounUsulism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableOne of two main schools of Twelver Shia Islam (the other being Akhbarism), currently the largest by far, which favors the use of critical reasoning in jurisprudence, theology, and hadith criticism as performed by trained, authoritative clerical scholars.
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