Abu Yusuf, born Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari in Kufa in 729, was a Muslim jurist and one of the foremost authorities of the early Hanafi school of Islamic law. The leading student of Abu Hanifa, who also studied under Malik ibn Anas in Medina, he served as the first Qadi al-Qudat, or chief justice, under the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid, a position from which he helped consolidate, systematize and spread Hanafi jurisprudence throughout the Abbasid Caliphate. His major work, Kitab al-Kharaj, written at the caliph's request, addressed taxation, public finance and governance under Islamic legal principles and is regarded as one of the earliest systematic treatises on Islamic fiscal law. He died in Baghdad in 798.
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Rolejurist and Chief Justice (Qadi al-Qudat) 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction BirthplaceKufa, Umayyad Caliphate 1 Place of DeathBaghdad, Abbasid Caliphate 1 Classification
Field of LawIslamic Law (Sharia and Fiqh) 1 Role
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Introduction (role)
prominent Muslim jurist and one of the foremost authorities of the early Hanafi school of Islamic law
Introduction (nationality)
Arab Muslim Scholar and jurist
Infobox (birth year)
Born 729 Kufa
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Kufa, Umayyad Caliphate
Infobox (death year)
Died 798
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Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Introduction
Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm al-Anṣārī (Arabic: يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ, lit. 'Jacob, son of Abraham, the Ansari': ; 729-798), commonly known as Abū Yūsuf (Arabic: أَبُو يُوسُفَ, lit. 'Father of Joseph'), was a prominent Muslim jurist and one of the foremost authorities of the early Hanafi school of Islamic law.
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Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm al-Anṣārī (Arabic: يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ, lit. 'Jacob, son of Abraham, the Ansari': ; 729-798), commonly known as Abū Yūsuf (Arabic: أَبُو يُوسُفَ, lit. 'Father of Joseph'), was a prominent Muslim jurist and one of the foremost authorities of the early Hanafi school of Islamic law.
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