English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِرِيّ (ẓāhiriyy).
Proper noun[edit]
Zahiri
- A liberal and literalist madhab in Islam that considers everything halal if it is not explicitly forbidden in the Quran and mutawatir hadiths
Zahiri (plural Zahiris)
- A Muslim who adheres to this madhab