Zahiru’l-Mahzab

ZAHIRU ‘L-MAZHAB. ظاهر المذهب
An expression used by Hanafi Muslims for those theological questions which are decided in the four well-known Sunni books: al-Mabsut, al-Jami’u ‘l-Kabir, aI-Jami’u ‘s-Saghir, as-Sairu ‘l-Kabir.

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam