Abu Hanifa, born around 699 in Kufa and who died in 767 in Baghdad, was a Muslim scholar, jurist and theologian who founded the Hanafi school of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence, the school that remains the most widely followed of the four Sunni schools of law today, followed by roughly forty five percent of Muslims. He was known for favoring reason in jurisprudential and theological rulings, and he pioneered the formal use of analogical reasoning, called qiyas, alongside juristic discretion, called istihsan, as tools for deriving legal rulings from scripture and precedent. His school of law came to predominate across Central Asia, South Asia, Turkey, parts of the Arab world, the Balkans and Russia, and he was honored with titles including al-Imam al-Azam, the Greatest Imam, and Shaykh al-Islam.
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RoleMuslim scholar, jurist, theologian, and ascetic, and the founder and eponym of the Hanafi school of Sunni jurisprudence 1 Place of Death Classification
Field of LawLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence 1 Role
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He was known for favoring reason in jurisprudential and theological rulings, and he pioneered the formal use of analogical reasoning, called qiyas, alongside juristic discretion, called istihsan, as tools for deriving legal rulings from scripture and precedent.
Introduction, role
Abu Hanifa was a Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, and ascetic, and the founder and eponym of the Hanafi school of Sunni jurisprudence.
Introduction, field of law
Abu Hanifa was a Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, and ascetic, and the founder and eponym of the Hanafi school of Sunni jurisprudence.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Abu Hanifa
Wikidata Q190896, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 699
Wikidata Q190896, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 0699-09-05
Wikidata Q190896, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Kufa
Wikidata Q190896, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Baghdad
Wikidata Q190896, P1477 birth name claim (ar)
birth name (P1477): النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ بْنِ مَرْزُبَان الكُوفِيّ التَّيْمِيّ بِالْوَلَاء
Wikidata Q190896, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 1
also known as: الإمام الأعظم
Wikidata Q190896, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 2
also known as: فقيه العراق
Wikidata Q190896, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 3
also known as: فقيه الملَّة
Wikidata Q190896, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 4
also known as: عالم الأُمَّة
Wikidata Q190896, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 5
also known as: إمام الأئمَّة الفُقهاء
In Legal System: Sharia, Wikipedia lead paragraph
Abū Ḥanīfa; 5 September 699-18 June 767 CE) was a Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, and ascetic, and the founder and eponym of t
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