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TheJariri school is the name given to a short-lived Sunni school offiqh that was derived from the work ofal-Tabari, the 9th and 10th-centuryPersianMuslim scholar inBaghdad. Although it eventually became extinct, al-Tabari'smadhhab flourished amongSunni ulama for two centuries after his death.[1]
University of Oxford lecturerChristopher Melchert describes the Jariri school as semi-rationalist, similar to theShafi‘i school.[2] It also shared features with theẒāhirī school in addition to the Shafi‘is.[3] Al-Tabari was characterized by strong scriptural tendencies but from within a limited time frame. He appears, likeDawud al-Zahiri, to restrictconsensus historically, defining it as the transmission by many authorities of reports on which theSahaba agreed unanimously. Like Dawud al-Zahiri, he also held that consensus must be tied to a text and cannot be based onlegal analogy.[4] After quoting his sources—in his major works, he depended essentially on existing written works and reports—he gives what he considers to be the most acceptable view. However, his most notable difference with his contemporaries was his emphasis on Ijtihad and independent exercise of judgement.[5] These views were shared by many influential scholars in history that reached the rank ofMujtahid (scholars who allowed to open their own Madhhab due to their knowledge vastness) such asIbn Kathir,Ibn Taymiyyah,[6][7]Ibn Hazm,Bukhari,[8][broken anchor] andZahiri Maddhab scholars.[9]
The Jariri school was frequently in conflict with theHanafi school ofAbu Hanifa. Conflict was found with the Hanafi school on the matter ofjuristic preference, which the Jariri school censured severely.[10]
Although it eventually became extinct, Tabari's madhhab flourished among Sunni scholar for two centuries after his death.