madhhab

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UK[ˈmæð.hæb]

noun

A school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence.

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Meanings

nounmadhhab (plural madhhabs)

plural madhhabs · alternative maḏhab · alternative mazhab · alternative maz'hab · alternative maẕhab · alternative madhab · alternative mathab · alternative mathhab

  1. A school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence.

    Now some ignorant people claim that they have reached the grade of absolute ijtihâd, that they can draw rules from the Nass and that they no longer need to follow one of the four madhhabs, and they abandon the madhhab they have followed for years.

    2016, Mawlana Khalid Baghdadi, Belief and Islam: I'tiqad-Nama, page 55

Origin

Transliteration of Arabic مَذْهَب (maḏhab, “way of going off; doctrine, school”).

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Translations

Arabic مَذْهَب
  • مَذْهَب (maḏhab)a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
Bengali মাযহাব
  • মাযহাব (majhab)a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
Chinese Mandarin 伊斯蘭教神學派別 /伊斯兰教神学派别
  • 伊斯蘭教神學派別 /伊斯兰教神学派别 (Yīsīlánjiào shénxué pàibié)a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
French madhhab, mazhab
  • madhhaba school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • mazhaba school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • madhaba school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
German Madhhab
  • Madhhaba school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
Hindi मज़हब
  • मज़हब (mazhab)a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
Indonesian mazhab
  • mazhaba school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
Italian madhhab, madh'hab
  • madhhaba school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • madh'haba school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
Japanese マズハブ
  • マズハブ (mazuhabu)a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
Malay mazhab
  • mazhaba school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
Russian мазха́б
  • мазха́б (mazxáb)a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
Turkish mezhep
  • mezhepa school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
Ukrainian мазга́б, мазха́б
  • мазга́б (mazháb)a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • мазха́б (mazxáb)a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
Urdu مَذْہَبْ
  • مَذْہَبْ (mazhab)a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
Cite this entry
APA

madhhab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/madhhab

MLA

“madhhab.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/madhhab. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “madhhab,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/madhhab.

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