Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla, known as Ibn Abi Layla, lived from 693 to 765 and was an early Muslim jurist who served as the qadi, or judge, of Kufa from about 733 until his death. He was a leading figure of the ahl al-ra'y, the jurisprudential school emphasizing independent legal reasoning, and a contemporary of Abu Hanifa, founder of the Hanafi legal tradition; a later legal treatise comparing the two men's interpretations documented 263 points of disagreement between them, reflecting Ibn Abi Layla's reliance on personal reasoning over hadith. His grandfather, also named Abu Layla, was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, and his father Abd al-Rahman was a prominent Kufan scholar who took part in early Islamic battles and political events. Ibn Abi Layla's own students included the grammarian al-Kisa'i and the hadith scholar Sufyan ibn Uyaynah.
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Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla , also known as Ibn Abi Layla, was an early Muslim jurist who served as the qadi (judge) of Kufa from c.?733 until his death.
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Ibn Abi Layla, was an early Muslim jurist who served as the qadi (judge) of Kufa from c.
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Ibn Abi Layla's principal teachers of fiqh were al-Sha'bi and al-Hakam ibn Utayba, and for some time he audited the lectures of Ata ibn Abi Rabah.
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P19 (place of birth): Medina
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693-765), also known as Ibn Abi Layla, was an early Muslim jurist who served as the qadi (judge) of Kufa from c. 733 until his death
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