Ahl al-Hadith
The Hanbali school () is one of the four major traditional Sunni schools (madhahib) of Islamic jurisprudence. It is named after the Iraqi scholar Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 855), and was institutionalized by his students. The Hanbali madhhab is the smallest of four major Sunni schools, the others being the Hanafi, Maliki and Shafi`i. The followers of the Hanbali school are also referred as Ahl al-Hadith or Athari.