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Abu Hanifa [a] (Arabic: أَبُو حَنِيفَة, romanized: Abū Ḥanīfa; September 699–767) [5] was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, ascetic, [3] and eponym of the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence, which remains the most widely practiced to this day. [3]
Jul 17, 2024 · Abu Hanifah, Muslim jurist and theologian whose systematization of Islamic legal doctrine was acknowledged as one of the four canonical schools of Islamic law. The Hanafi school established a uniform code for applying Islamic norms to legal problems and remains widely followed into the present.
Al-Numan bin Thabit, commonly known as Abu Hanifah or Abu Hanifa, is considered the founder of one of the four schools or rites of Islamic legal knowledge (fiqh) within the Sunni schools of law. He is also widely known as Al-Imam Al-Aẓam (The Great Imam) and Siraj Al-Aimma (The Lamp of the Imams).
Imam Abu Haneefa was one of the greatest of the mujtahideen. He was also a great city planner, responsible for the planning of the city of Baghdad when it was founded by the Caliph al Mansur in 765 CE. Abu Hanifa was a mathematician of the first magnitude.
Nov 28, 2020 · Imam Abu Hanifa was the earliest among the renowned four Imams of the Sunni branch of Islam, and he is the only one who was a Tabeyi according to most of the scholars and historians. A Tabeyi means a person who met a Companion of the Prophet (PBUH).
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Jun 11, 2018 · Muslim theologian and jurist, and founder of the Ḥanafites (Kufan) law school ( sharīʿa ). Abū Ḥanīfa's use of qiyās (analogy), istiḥsān (juristic preference), raʾy (personal judgement) to resolve new legal problems arising in the expanding Muslim world, characterized his law school, in contrast to the other schools of law.
Feb 27, 2017 · Imam Abu Hanifah: Life and Scholarship (Part 1) In the illustrious line of scholars, Imam Abu Hanifah is known as Imam al-A`zam or “the greatest Imam.”. His inspiring life and remarkable contributions to the development of Islam law furthered the cause of Islamic scholarship profoundly.
Abū Ḥanīfah (al-Nuʿmān ibn Thābit), (born 699, Kūfah, Iraq—died 767, Baghdad), Muslim jurist and theologian. The son of a merchant in Kūfah, he gained wealth in the silk trade and studied law under the noted jurist Ḥammād. After Ḥammād’s death (738), Abū Ḥanīfah became his successor.
ABU HANIFA (699–767)Abu Hanifa al-Nu˓man b. Thabit b. Zurti was the eponymous founder of the Hanafi school (madhhab) of Islamic law. His birth dates are given variously but the year 699 is considered the most sound based on many biographical dictionaries.
Imam Abu Hanifa expands the explanation of the ahadith to the extent that he concluded 100 lessons from one hadith. Imam Malik saw that as an exaggeration and overloading the hadith which the Prophet (salla Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) did not want.
