madhhab
[ˈmæð.hæb]
madhhab noun: a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence.
Noun
madhhab (plural madhhabs)
- 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
madhhab meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi
madhhab in Hindi
- a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
- मज़हब mazhab
madhhab in Urdu
- a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
- مَذْہَبْ mazhab
madhhab in Bengali
- a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
- মাযহাব majhab
madhhab in Punjabi
- madhhab, school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
- مذہب maẕhab
More languagesFewer languages
- madhhab in Gujarati
- મજહબ majhab
- madhhab in Pashto
- مذهب mazhab
- madhhab in Arabic
- مَذْهَب maḏhab
- madhhab in Malay
- mazhab
- madhhab in Indonesian
- mazhab
Forms of madhhab
| plural | madhhabs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | maḏhab |
| alternative form | mazhab |
| alternative form | maz'hab |
| alternative form | maẕhab |
| alternative form | madhab |
| alternative form | mathab |
| alternative form | mathhab |
Origin of madhhab
Transliteration of Arabic مَذْهَب (maḏhab, “way of going off; doctrine, school”).
Words formed from madhhab
Questions about madhhab
- What does madhhab mean?
- Madhhab means a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence.
- What is madhhab in Hindi?
- Madhhab in Hindi is मज़हब (mazhab). See Madhhab meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is madhhab?
- Madhhab is a noun.
- How do you pronounce madhhab?
- Madhhab is pronounced [ˈmæð.hæb] (UK).
- What is the plural of madhhab?
- The plural of madhhab is madhhabs.
Words near madhhab in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: madhhab (page history and authors); مذہب (Punjabi) (page history and authors); મજહબ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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