Which religious elite of the Sultanate was sharia oriented and orthodox?
AMashaikh
BFakirs
CYogis
DUlama
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Ulama
The ulama, scholars of Islamic law, tended to be stricter about practice than the Sufis.
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