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Zahiri

Zahiri proper noun: a liberal and literalist madhab in Islam that considers everything halal if it is not explicitly forbidden in the Quran and mutawatir hadiths.

Proper noun

Zahiri

  1. A liberal and literalist madhab in Islam that considers everything halal if it is not explicitly forbidden in the Quran and mutawatir hadiths

Noun

Zahiri (plural Zahiris)

  1. A Muslim who adheres to this madhab

Forms of Zahiri

pluralZahiris

Origin of Zahiri

Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِرِيّ (ẓāhiriyy).

Questions about Zahiri

What does Zahiri mean?
Zahiri means a liberal and literalist madhab in Islam that considers everything halal if it is not explicitly forbidden in the Quran and mutawatir hadiths.
What part of speech is Zahiri?
Zahiri can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Zahiri in the dictionary

  1. zaherites
  2. zahid
  3. Zahidan
  4. zahids
  5. zahir
  6. Zahiri
  7. Zahiris
  8. Zahirism
  9. Zahirist
  10. Zahirists
  11. Zahirite

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