Akhbari

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Akhbari is a traditionalist sub-school within Twelver Shia Islam that emphasizes strict reliance on hadith and rejects the use of independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) by jurists.

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Akhbari canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic school of thought
sub-school of Twelver Shia Islam
contrastWith rationalist methods of Usuli jurisprudence
doctrine emphasizes infallibility and exclusive authority of the Twelve Imams in law
emphasis strict reliance on hadith
geographicalAssociation Iran
Iraq
historicalPeak Safavid Empire
surface form: Safavid period
historicalStatus minority current within contemporary Twelver Shia Islam
methodology literalist reading of hadith
textualist approach to jurisprudence
opposes Usuli school
rejects independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) by jurists
religiousTradition Twelver Shia
surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
viewOnClericalAuthority limits jurists to narrating and explaining hadith
viewOnConsensus does not accept ijma as independent proof
viewOnDoubtfulMatters prefers precaution (ihtiyat) based on transmitted reports
viewOnHadithAuthentication accepts Twelver canonical hadith collections with minimal critical filtering
viewOnIjtihad ijtihad is impermissible innovation
viewOnMarja rejects concept of marja al-taqlid as developed by Usulis
viewOnPracticalRulings derives rulings directly from hadith texts
viewOnPrinciplesOfFiqh restricts usul al-fiqh to transmitted texts
viewOnQiyas rejects analogical reasoning (qiyas)
viewOnReason rejects independent rational deduction in law
viewOnReasonInTheology allows reason in theology more than in law
viewOnSourcesOfLaw Quran
hadith of the Prophet
Hadith al-Thaqalayn
surface form: hadith of the Twelve Imams
viewOnTaqlid limits taqlid to transmission of hadith

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Ja'fari school hasSubSchool Akhbari
Usuli contrastedWith Akhbari