The school of Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 855 CE), the most text-centred of the four.
In Islamic law
Predominant in the Arabian Peninsula. In inheritance it aligns closely with the Hanafi school on radd and on the inheritance of distant relatives.
In Canadian law
Followed by many Canadian Muslims of Gulf origin, and influential through Saudi-published English-language material.
We have not yet researched whether the four Sunni schools differ on this term, so we are not going to tell you either way. Where a specific case turns on it, ask a qualified scholar rather than relying on a general summary.
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Citations & sources
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- Encyclopaedia of Islam — Brill
- Oxford Islamic Studies / Oxford Reference — Oxford University Press