Abu Hanifa

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Abu Hanifa was an 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian who founded the Hanafi school, the oldest and one of the most widely followed schools of Sunni Islamic law.

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instanceOf Islamic theologian ⓘ
Muslim jurist ⓘ
founder of an Islamic school of law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Abu Hanifa an-Nuʿman ⓘ
linked to: Abu Hanifa

Imam Abu Hanifa ⓘ
linked to: Abu Hanifa
associatedWith Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
birthPlace Iraq ⓘ
Kufa ⓘ
birthYear 699 ⓘ
burialPlace Baghdad ⓘ
deathPlace Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Baghdad ⓘ
deathYear 767 ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
era 8th century ⓘ
ethnicity Persian ⓘ
field fiqh ⓘ
kalam ⓘ
founderOf Hanafi school of Sunni Islamic law ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
fullName Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā ibn Marzubān ⓘ
honorificMeaning The Greatest Imam ⓘ
honorificTitle Imam al-Aʿzam ⓘ
influenced Abu Yusuf ⓘ
Hanafi jurisprudence ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school

Islamic theology ⓘ
Muhammad al-Shaybani ⓘ
Sunni legal theory ⓘ
influencedBy Companions of the Prophet through their students ⓘ
Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman ⓘ
Ibrahim al-Nakhaʿi ⓘ
jurisprudenceSchool Hanafi ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
knownFor founding the Hanafi school of law ⓘ
systematizing legal reasoning in Islam ⓘ
use of analogical reasoning (qiyas) ⓘ
use of juristic preference (istihsan) ⓘ
legalMethod ijmaʿ ⓘ
istihsan ⓘ
qiyas ⓘ
raʾy ⓘ
mainInterest Islamic creed ⓘ
Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
theology ⓘ
opposed political involvement of scholars in unjust rule ⓘ
profession jurist ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
region Iraq ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
schoolOfLawFounded Hanafi ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
student Abu Yusuf ⓘ
Muhammad al-Shaybani ⓘ
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl ⓘ
teacherOf Abu Yusuf ⓘ
Muhammad al-Shaybani ⓘ
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl ⓘ
theologicalSchool Maturidi precursor ⓘ
tradition Sunni fiqh ⓘ
veneratedIn Sunni Islam ⓘ

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Hanafi school → namedAfter → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
Hanafi school → foundedBy → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
Hanafi school → influencedBy → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
Istihsan → defendedBy → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
Kufa → associatedWith → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
al-Mabsut → influencedBy → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
subject linked to: al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi
Muhammad al-Shaybani → studentOf → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
Abu Hanifa → alsoKnownAs → Imam Abu Hanifa ⓘ
linked to: Abu Hanifa
Abu Hanifa → alsoKnownAs → Abu Hanifa an-Nuʿman ⓘ
linked to: Abu Hanifa
Abu Yusuf → discipleOf → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
Abu Yusuf → studentOf → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
Masyumi → notableLeader → Abu Hanifah ⓘ
linked to: Abu Hanifa
Ja'far al-Sadiq → teacherOf → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl → teacher → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl → studentOf → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
Shaykh al-Islam → hasNotableBearer → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
Abd Allah ibn Masʿud → influenced → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
Ala Hazrat → influencedBy → Imam Abu Hanifa ⓘ
linked to: Abu Hanifa
Kitab al-Athar → transmitsFrom → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
Kitab al-Athar → basedOnTeachingOf → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman → notableStudent → Abu Hanifa an-Nuʿman ⓘ
linked to: Abu Hanifa
Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā ibn Marzubān → fullName → Abu Hanifa al-Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā ibn Marzubān ⓘ
linked to: Abu Hanifa
Imam al-Aʿzam → refersTo → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
Hanafi school → namedAfter → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
subject linked to: Imam al-Aʿzam
The Greatest Imam → refersTo → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
The Greatest Imam → appliedTo → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
The Greatest Imam → hasNotableBearer → Abu Hanifa an-Nu'man ibn Thabit ⓘ
linked to: Abu Hanifa
Ibrahim al-Nakhaʿi → influenced → Abu Hanifa ⓘ
Badr al-Din al-Ayni → influencedBy → Abu Hanifa ⓘ