Abu Hanifa
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Abu Hanifa was an 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian who founded the Hanafi school, the oldest and one of the most widely followed schools of Sunni Islamic law.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abu Hanifa canonical | 16 |
| Abu Hanifa an-Nuʿman | 1 |
| Abu Hanifah | 1 |
| Imam Abu Hanifa | 1 |
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic theologian
ⓘ
Muslim jurist ⓘ founder of an Islamic school of law ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Abu Hanifa
ⓘ
surface form:
Abu Hanifa an-Nuʿman
Abu Hanifa ⓘ
surface form:
Imam Abu Hanifa
|
| associatedWith |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Iraq
ⓘ
Kufa ⓘ |
| birthYear | 699 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Baghdad ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
Baghdad ⓘ |
| deathYear | 767 ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| era | 8th century ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Persian ⓘ |
| field |
fiqh
ⓘ
kalam ⓘ |
| founderOf |
Hanafi school
ⓘ
surface form:
Hanafi school of Sunni Islamic law
|
| fullName | Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā ibn Marzubān ⓘ |
| honorificMeaning | The Greatest Imam ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Imam al-Aʿzam ⓘ |
| influenced |
Abu Yusuf
ⓘ
Hanafi school ⓘ
surface form:
Hanafi jurisprudence
Islamic theology ⓘ Muhammad al-Shaybani ⓘ Sunni legal theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Companions of the Prophet through their students
ⓘ
Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman ⓘ Ibrahim al-Nakhaʿi ⓘ |
| jurisprudenceSchool |
Hanafi school
ⓘ
surface form:
Hanafi
|
| knownFor |
founding the Hanafi school of law
ⓘ
systematizing legal reasoning in Islam ⓘ use of analogical reasoning (qiyas) ⓘ use of juristic preference (istihsan) ⓘ |
| legalMethod |
ijmaʿ
ⓘ
istihsan ⓘ qiyas ⓘ raʾy ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Islamic creed
ⓘ
Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| opposed | political involvement of scholars in unjust rule ⓘ |
| profession |
jurist
ⓘ
merchant ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| region | Iraq ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| schoolOfLawFounded |
Hanafi school
ⓘ
surface form:
Hanafi
|
| student |
Abu Yusuf
ⓘ
Muhammad al-Shaybani ⓘ Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
Abu Yusuf
ⓘ
Muhammad al-Shaybani ⓘ Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl ⓘ |
| theologicalSchool | Maturidi precursor ⓘ |
| tradition | Sunni fiqh ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
al-Mabsut
this entity surface form:
Imam Abu Hanifa
this entity surface form:
Abu Hanifa an-Nuʿman
subject surface form:
Masyumi
this entity surface form:
Abu Hanifah