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Abu Hanifa

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Abū Ḥanīfa
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Name in native languageأَبُو حَنِيفَةَ النُّعْمَانُ Edit
Birth nameالنُّعْمَانِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ بْنِ مَرْزُبَان الكُوفِيّ التَّيْمِيّ بِالْوَلَاء Edit
Name wey dem give amNu'man Edit
Nicknameالإمام الأعظم, فقيه العراق, فقيه الملَّة, عالم الأُمَّة, إمام الأئمَّة الفُقهاء Edit
Ein date of birth5 September 699 Edit
Place dem born amKufa Edit
Date wey edie767 Edit
Place wey edieBaghdad Edit
Place wey dem bury amAbu Hanifa Mosque Edit
KiddieHammad ibn Abi Hanifa Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signArabic Edit
Ein occupationulema, merchant, Islamic jurist Edit
Ein field of workfiqh, science of hadith Edit
Honorific prefixAl-Imam Edit
Honorific suffixrahimahullah Edit
Religion anaa worldviewIslam Edit
Notable workMusnad Abu Hanifa, Al-Fiqh al-Akbar, Al-Fiqh al-Absat Edit

Abu Hanifa (Arabic: أَبُو حَنِيفَة, romanized: Abū Ḥanīfa; 5 September 699 CE – 18 June 767 CE)[1][2] na he be a Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, ascetic,[3] den eponym of de Hanafi school of Sunni jurisprudence, wich remain de most widely practiced to dis day.[3] Ein school predominates insyd Central den South Asia, Turkey, Africa, de Balkans, Russia, den sam parts of de Arab world.[4][5]

Sources disagree on exactly wer dem born am, whether insyd Kufa (dem hold by de majority),[1]:71 Kabul, Anbar, Nasa anaa Termez.[3][1]:69 Abu Hanifa travel to de Hejaz region of Arabia insyd ein youth, wer he study insyd de Islamic holy cities of Mecca den Medina. Al-Dhahabi name am as "one of de geniuses of de sons of Adam" wey "combine jurisprudence, worship, scrupulousness, den generosity".[6]

As ein career as a jurist den theologian progress, he cam be known for favoring de use of reason insyd ein jurisprudential rulings, den even insyd ein theology.[3] Ein school grow after ein death, den de majority of ein followers sanso be eventually cam to follow de Maturidi school of theology. He lef behind two major students, Abu Yusuf den Muhammad al-Shaybani, wey later go cam be celebrated jurists insyd dema own right.

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  1. 1 2 3 Ibn Hajar al-Haythami (August 2022). Hussain al-Azhari, Hafiz Ather (ed.). The Greatest Imam: Abu Hanifah al-Nu'man. Translated by Ashraf, Muhammad Nizam. Bolton: Nizami Publications. ISBN 9781739680503.
  2. "ABŪ ḤANĪFA". Encyclopaedia Iranica (in American English). Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Pakatchi, Ahmad and Umar, Suheyl, "Abū Ḥanīfa", in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Wilferd Madelung and, Farhad Daftary.
  4. Nazeer Ahmed (2001). Islam in Global History: Volume One: From the Death of Prophet Muhammed to the First World War. Xlibris Corporation. p. 113. ISBN 9781462831302.
  5. Ludwig W. Adamec (2012). Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan. Scarecrow Press. p. 17. ISBN 9780810878150.
  6. Al-Dhahabi. Al-Ibar fi Khabar man Ghabar. Vol. 1. p. 164.
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