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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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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Timurid dynasty → hasPrimaryReligionBranch → Hanafi Sunni Islam ⓘ
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Islamic world → hasLegalSchool → Hanafi ⓘ
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Mamluk Sultanate → dominantMadhhab → Hanafi ⓘ
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Kazakhs → religion → Hanafi school of Islam ⓘ
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Uzbeks → religion → Hanafi school of Sunni Islam ⓘ
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Zaydi Shia → jurisprudenceSimilarTo → Hanafi school ⓘ
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Fatawa-e-Alamgiri → madhhab → Hanafi ⓘ
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Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions → religiousTradition → Hanafi Sunni Islam ⓘ
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Maturidi → associatedWith → Hanafi school of law ⓘ
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Ingush → religiousTradition → Hanafi school ⓘ
Bengali Muslims → followsLegalSchool → Hanafi Sunni Islam ⓘ
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Sunni fiqh → hasMajorSchool → Hanafi school ⓘ
Nogais → majorReligion → Hanafi Sunni Islam ⓘ
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Salar → religiousTradition → Hanafi school ⓘ
Islam in Egypt → dominantMadhhab → Hanafi school ⓘ
Karachays → religionBranch → Hanafi school ⓘ
Firozkohi Aimaqs → religiousBranch → Hanafi Sunni Islam ⓘ
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Deobandi Sunni Islam → fiqhSchool → Hanafi ⓘ
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Mughal legal system → basedOn → Hanafi fiqh ⓘ
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Mughal legal system → legalSchool → Hanafi ⓘ
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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