Akhbari

The Akhbaris (Arabic:اخباري‎) are Twelver Shia Muslims who reject the use of reasoning in deriving verdicts, and believe Quran and hadith (sayings of Prophet Muhammad and Twelve Shia Imams) as the only source of law.

The term Akhbari (from khabara, news or report) is usually used in contrast to Usuli (from Uṣūl al-fiqh, principles of Islamic jurisprudence). Unlike Usulis, Akhbaris do not follow marja‘s (models for imitation) who practice modern form of ijtihad (independent legal reasoning). Akhbaris say that no Imāms ever allowed Ijtehad and the Door of Ijtehad was opened by Umar ibn al-Khattab.