Hanbali is a term used to refer to the Hanbali school of Islamic jurisprudence, which is one of the four Sunni schools of thought. The Hanbali school is named after Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal, who was a prominent scholar of hadith. While the term Hanbali specifically refers to this school of thought, there are other synonyms that can be used to describe the same thing. These include the Hanbali madhhab, the Hanbali fiqh, or simply the Hanbalism. Each of these terms can be used interchangeably to refer to the Hanbali school of Islamic jurisprudence.