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Madhhab

मज़हब
said MAZ-hab
also written: mazhab, madhab
Meaning

A school of Islamic jurisprudence, such as the Hanafi or Shafii.

Literally: way, path followed

See it in the verse

Madhhab in Iqbal’s couplets

Mazhab nahin sikhata aapas mein bair rakhna
Hindi hain hum, watan hai Hindostan hamara
Religion does not teach us to hold enmity among ourselves. We are of Hind, and Hindustan is our homeland.
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Related words
ARABIC

Fiqh

Islamic jurisprudence, the science of deriving legal rulings from the sources of the religion.

ARABIC

Taqleed

Imitation, uncritical adherence to established authority or precedent.

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