Zahiri school of law
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The Zahiri school of law is a classical Islamic legal school known for its strict literalism, rejecting analogical reasoning (qiyas) and relying solely on the Qur’an, authentic hadith, and explicit consensus.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zahiri school | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic legal school
ⓘ
madhhab ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dawud al-Zahiri
ⓘ
Ibn Hazm ⓘ |
| category | Sunni legal school ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Hanafi school
ⓘ
surface form:
Hanafi school of law
Hanbali school ⓘ
surface form:
Hanbali school of law
Maliki school ⓘ
surface form:
Maliki school of law
Shafi'i school ⓘ
surface form:
Shafi‘i school of law
|
| emphasizes | literal meaning of scriptural texts ⓘ |
| founder | Dawud al-Zahiri ⓘ |
| geographicRegion |
Iraq
ⓘ
Islamic Spain ⓘ
surface form:
al-Andalus
|
| hasDoctrinalFeature |
narrow definition of consensus
ⓘ
rejection of juristic preference ⓘ rejection of public interest as independent source ⓘ strict adherence to apparent wording of texts ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | classical Islamic era ⓘ |
| influenced | later literalist trends in Islamic thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Qur’anic literalism
ⓘ
early hadith-centered scholarship ⓘ |
| legalMethodology |
literalism
ⓘ
textualism ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Dahir (literalist) approach to texts ⓘ |
| primarySource |
Quran
ⓘ
surface form:
Qur’an
authentic hadith ⓘ explicit consensus ⓘ |
| rejects |
analogical reasoning
ⓘ
istihsan ⓘ maslaha-based reasoning ⓘ qiyas ⓘ speculative reasoning in law ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| status | largely extinct as a formal madhhab ⓘ |
| viewOnAmbiguity | prefers apparent (zahir) meaning over inferred meanings ⓘ |
| viewOnAnalogy | analogy is considered an unlawful innovation in law ⓘ |
| viewOnCommands | commands in texts are presumptively obligatory ⓘ |
| viewOnConsensus | accepts only explicit consensus of the first generation of Muslims ⓘ |
| viewOnCustom | does not treat custom as an independent legal source ⓘ |
| viewOnGeneralTexts | general wording remains general unless text restricts it ⓘ |
| viewOnHadith | authentic solitary reports are accepted as proof ⓘ |
| viewOnIjtihad | restricted to direct textual interpretation ⓘ |
| viewOnProhibitions | prohibitions in texts are presumptively forbidden ⓘ |
| viewOnReason | reason cannot establish law without explicit text ⓘ |
| viewOnScripture | scriptural texts are self-sufficient for law ⓘ |
| viewOnSpeculation | speculative legal tools are rejected ⓘ |
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Zahiri school