Zahiri school
A grouping whose distinctness is itself disputed within Sunni Islam. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Zahiri school is recorded within Sunni Islam. Whether it constitutes a distinct tradition is itself disputed in the sources. Also written Zahiriyya, Thahiri school.
Origin
No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. No founder, founding date or current status was verified in this pass. The school is named in the Amman Message as the eighth recognised madhhab, which establishes that a formal contemporary Islamic declaration treats it as valid; it does not establish a living community. Deliberately retained with low confidence rather than dropped.
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Zahiri school.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-zahiri-school.
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