Hanafi school

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The Hanafi school is the oldest and one of the most widely followed Sunni Islamic legal schools, known for its flexible and rationalist approach to jurisprudence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sunni Islamic legal school
madhhab
characteristic acceptance of juristic preference
consideration of local custom
extensive use of analogical reasoning
flexible approach to jurisprudence
rationalist approach to jurisprudence
denominationOf Sunni Islam
developedBy Abu Yusuf
Muhammad al-Shaybani
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl
foundedBy Abu Hanifa
foundedInCentury 8th century
foundedInRegion Iraq
Kufa
hasSubtradition Deobandi movement (within Hanafi jurisprudence)
Maturidi theological alignment (common among Hanafis)
historicallyAdoptedBy Abbasid Caliphate (in practice in many courts)
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate

Mughal Empire
Ottoman Empire
influenced Mughal legal system
Ottoman legal system
modern personal status laws in several Muslim-majority countries
influencedBy Abu Hanifa
isOldestOf Sunni madhhabs
linked to: Sunni fiqh
isOneOf four major Sunni schools of law
languageOfClassicalTexts Arabic
legalMethodology ijma
istihsan
qiyas
urf
namedAfter Abu Hanifa
notableText Mukhtasar al-Quduri by al-Quduri
al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani
al-Kafi by al-Hakim al-Shahid
linked to: al-Kafi

al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi
otherSunniSchools Hanbali school
Maliki school
Shafi‘i school
linked to: Shafi'i school
primarySources Quran
Sunnah
analogical reasoning
consensus of companions
custom
juristic preference
religion Islam
widelyFollowedIn Afghanistan
Balkans
Bangladesh
Central Asia
India
Pakistan
Turkey
parts of the Middle East

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Sharia hasSchoolOfInterpretation Hanafi school
Qiyas acceptedBy Hanafi school of law
linked to: Hanafi school
Timurid dynasty hasPrimaryReligionBranch Hanafi Sunni Islam
linked to: Hanafi school
Islamic world hasLegalSchool Hanafi
linked to: Hanafi school
Sunni Islam majorSchoolOfLaw Hanafi
linked to: Hanafi school
Tajiks majorIslamicSchool Hanafi
linked to: Hanafi school
Uzbek religion Hanafi school of Sunni Islam
linked to: Hanafi school
Aimaqs religion Hanafi Sunni Islam
linked to: Hanafi school
Maliki school coexistsWith Hanafi school
Shafi'i school differsFrom Hanafi school
Shafi'i school influencedBy Hanafi school
Hanbali school otherSunniSchools Hanafi school
Ja'fari school contrastedWith Hanafi school
Bosniaks religiousTradition Hanafi school of Sunni Islam
linked to: Hanafi school
Turks majorReligionBranch Hanafi Sunni Islam
linked to: Hanafi school
Brahui people religiousLawTradition Hanafi school
Muftiate of Crimea follows Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence
linked to: Hanafi school
Istihsan consideredBy Hanafi school
Istihsan defendedBy Hanafi jurists
linked to: Hanafi school
Southern Afghanistan dominantIslamicSchool Hanafi
linked to: Hanafi school
Turkmens religiousTradition Hanafi school of Sunni Islam
linked to: Hanafi school
Tatars religion Hanafi school of Islam
linked to: Hanafi school
Zahiri school of law contrastsWith Hanafi school of law
linked to: Hanafi school
Mamluk Sultanate dominantMadhhab Hanafi
linked to: Hanafi school
Kazakhs religion Hanafi school of Islam
linked to: Hanafi school
Khanate of Bukhara religiousSchool Hanafi
linked to: Hanafi school
Uzbeks religion Hanafi school of Sunni Islam
linked to: Hanafi school
Zaydi Shia jurisprudenceSimilarTo Hanafi school
Uyghurs religiousLawTradition Hanafi Sunni Islam
linked to: Hanafi school
Fatawa-e-Alamgiri madhhab Hanafi
linked to: Hanafi school
Fatawa-e-Alamgiri legalSchool Hanafi school of law
linked to: Hanafi school
Dar al-Harb discussedBy Hanafi jurists
linked to: Hanafi school
Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions religiousTradition Hanafi Sunni Islam
linked to: Hanafi school
Maturidi associatedWith Hanafi school of law
linked to: Hanafi school
Ingush religiousTradition Hanafi school
Bengali Muslims followsLegalSchool Hanafi Sunni Islam
linked to: Hanafi school
Sunni fiqh hasMajorSchool Hanafi school
Nogais majorReligion Hanafi Sunni Islam
linked to: Hanafi school
Salar religiousTradition Hanafi school
Islam in Egypt dominantMadhhab Hanafi school
Karachays religionBranch Hanafi school
Firozkohi Aimaqs religiousBranch Hanafi Sunni Islam
linked to: Hanafi school
Deobandi Sunni Islam fiqhSchool Hanafi
linked to: Hanafi school
Mughal legal system basedOn Hanafi fiqh
linked to: Hanafi school
Mughal legal system legalSchool Hanafi
linked to: Hanafi school
al-Mabsut legalSchool Hanafi
subject linked to: al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi
linked to: Hanafi school
Al-Mughni comparesWith Hanafi school
subject linked to: al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
Muhammad al-Shaybani madhhab Hanafi
linked to: Hanafi school
Muhammad al-Shaybani legalSchool Hanafi school
Abu Hanifa schoolOfLawFounded Hanafi
linked to: Hanafi school