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Which one of the following is not a school of Sunni Law?

The four Sunni schools of law are the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanbali schools. The Mutazilas were a school of theological thought, not a Sunni school of law, so the…

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Which one of the following is not a school of Sunni Law?

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The four Sunni schools of law are the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanbali schools. The Mutazilas were a school of theological thought, not a Sunni school of law, so the answer is "Mutazilas"; Hanbali, Maliki and Shafi'i are all Sunni schools.

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