School of Sunni Islamic Jurisprudence founded by Ahmad ibn Hanbal, based his theology solely upon the Qur'an, and, to some degree, the hadiths and he in rare cases depended on analogy
Hanbali (Arabic: ØÙ†Ø¨Ù„Ù‰ ) is one of the four schools (Madhhabs) of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam. It is also a school of aqeedah (creed) in Sunni Islam, also referred to as the Athari (or Textualist) school. It is considered to be the most conservative of the four schools.