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'''Madh'hab''' (مذهب) is a Muslim school of law or [[fiqh]] (religious jurisprudence). Within [[Sunni]] Islam there are four mainstream schools of thought, which are accepted by one another, and then there is the [[Shiite|Shi'ite]] fiqh which (according to a [[fatwa]] by Al-Azhar, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam)<ref>[http://www.al-islam.org/encyclopedia/chapter1b/14.html al-Azhar Verdict on the Shia] - Shi'ite Encyclopedia v2.0, Al-islam</ref> is accepted as a fifth school of Islamic thought. | '''Madh'hab''' (مذهب) is a Muslim school of law or [[fiqh]] (religious jurisprudence). Within [[Sunni]] Islam there are four mainstream schools of thought, which are accepted by one another, and then there is the [[Shiite|Shi'ite]] fiqh which (according to a [[fatwa]] by Al-Azhar, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam)<ref>[http://www.al-islam.org/encyclopedia/chapter1b/14.html al-Azhar Verdict on the Shia] - Shi'ite Encyclopedia v2.0, Al-islam</ref> is accepted as a fifth school of Islamic thought. | ||