• Abu Hanifa (Arabic: أَبُو حَنِيفَة, romanized: Abū Ḥanīfa; September 699–767) was a Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, ascetic, and eponym of the Hanafi...
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    The Abu Hanifa Mosque (Arabic: مسجد أبي حنيفة, romanized: Masjid Abī hanīfah), also known as the Grand Imam Mosque (Arabic: جامع الإمام الأعظم, romanized: Jāmi`...
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  • Abū Ḥanīfa Aḥmad ibn Dāwūd Dīnawarī (Arabic: ابوحنيفه دينوری; died 895) was an Islamic Golden Age polymath: astronomer, agriculturist, botanist, metallurgist...
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  • Abu Hanifa was the founder of the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence. Abu Hanifa or Abu Haniffa is also the name of: Abu Hanifa Dinawari, a 9th-century...
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  • Hanifa (حنيفة) is an Arabic given name, the feminine form of Hanif, which means "incline" (to the right religion, i.e. Islam). It may refer to: Abu Hanifa...
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    Sunni Islam. It developed from the teachings of the jurist and theologian Abu Hanifa (c. 699–767 CE), who systemised the use of reasoning (ra'y). Hanafi legal...
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  • intercessor are alSuyuti (ca. 1445–1505) and al-Ghazzali (ca. 1058-1111). Abu Hanifa, unlike other jurists, held that the aqiqah sacrifice was an illegitimate...
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  • al-Anṣārī), better known as Abu Yusuf (Arabic: أبو يوسف, romanized: Abū Yūsuf) (729–798) was a student of jurist Abu Hanifa (d.767) who helped spread the...
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    Abî Hanîfa ("The Hand-Picked Excellent Merits of the Three Great Jurisprudent Imâms: Mâlik, Shâfi`î, and Abû Hanîfa"). Shaykh `Abd al-Fattâh Abû Ghudda...
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  • to the thought of a collection of figures, including Jahm ibn Safwan, Abu Hanifa, and others. It is broadly agreed among historians that the Murji'ah group...
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    Musnad Abu Hanifa (Arabic: مسند أبو حنيفة) is one of the collection of sayings of Islamic scholar Imam Abu Hanifa (80 AH- 150 AH). It contains almost five...
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    took from Abu Muti al-Hakam al-Balkhi (d. 199 H) and Abu Muqatil Hafs al-Samarqandi (d. 208 H), who both took from Abu Hanifa. He took from Abu Nasr al-Ayadi...
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    Kufan Muslim jurist who is best known for being the principal teacher of Abu Hanifa, the eponym of the Hanafi school of law. The extant biographical information...
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    "the character of those who have attained perfect rectitude." Regarding Abu Hanifa (d. 767), the traditionally recognized founder of the Hanafi school of...
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    but all are considered valid within the broader framework of fiqh. Imam Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man is the first of the four imams and the only taabi'i among them...
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    they respected most. A primary founder of a Sunni school of thought, Abu Hanifa, was a Kufan who had supported the Zaydi Revolt in the 730s; and his jurisprudence...
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  • Banu Hanifa (Arabic: بنو حنيفة) is an ancient Arab tribe inhabiting the area of al-Yamama in the central region of modern-day Saudi Arabia. The tribe belongs...
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  • Islamic text attributed to the Muslim jurist Abu Hanifa. It is one of the few surviving works of Abu Hanifa. It outlines the foundational articles of the...
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  • jurist and a disciple of Abu Hanifa (later being the eponym of the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence), Malik ibn Anas and Abu Yusuf. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan...
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  • figure by many Sunnis and was supported by the prominent Sunni jurist, Abu Hanifa, who issued a fatwa in support of Zayd against the Umayyads. To Twelver...
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    Balkh and Transoxiana under one school of systematic theology (kalām); Abu Hanifa emphasized the use of rationality and theological rationalism regarding...
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  • after Muhammad. The first use of the terms was in Iraq by Abu Hanifa and his disciples Abu Yusuf and Al-Shaybani. Among those in the Levant, Al-Awza'i...
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    development of Islamic fiqh in Kûfah with special reference to the works of Abû Yûsuf and Shaybānī [Dissertation]. Melchert, C. (2020). Ibrāhīm al-Naḫaʿī...
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    established themselves as a separate school. The Hanafi school was founded by Abu Hanifa an-Nu'man (699–767). It is followed by Muslims in the Levant, Central...
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  • figures of the ahl al-ra'y, he was a contemporary of fellow Kufan jurist Abu Hanifa, the eponym of the Hanafi school of law. Ibn Abi Layla was born in 693...
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    scholar and Sufi mystic. He resided in Kufa and was a prominent student of Abu Hanifa. His disciples included many influential personalities of Islamic mysticism...
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  • became famous in the Islamic world, as for instance Abu Hanifa (699-767 ? ). Malik 2020, p.44: ...Abu Hanifa (699–767), the founder of the Hanafi school of...
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  • qiyas. Imam Abu Hanifa, an important practitioner of qiyas, elevated qiyas to a position of great significance in Islamic law. Abu Hanifa extended the...
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    refute the jurist, Abu Hanifa with a whole chapter in his compilation attacking his views. he listed 125 Hadiths Which Abu Hanifa contradicted Shaybah...
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  • a reliable transmitter of hadith, and a teacher to the Sunni scholars Abu Hanifa and Malik ibn Anas, the namesakes of the Hanafi and Maliki schools of...
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