Ḥanbalī School
Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbald. 241 AH · c. 855 CE
Centred on the ḥadīth corpus and the transmitted narrations of the Salaf with great restraint in speculative reasoning.
Creed Positions
- Ḥanbalī creed is rooted in strict adherence to the transmitted texts without interpolation or distortion.
- The school is traditionally associated with Atharī theology, which affirms the attributes of Allāh exactly as they appear in the Qurʾān and Sunnah without rationalisation.
- It emphasises the importance of accepting what has been transmitted from the Salaf whilst refraining from unauthorised speculative interpretation.