Abu Yusuf
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Abu Yusuf was an influential 8th-century Islamic jurist and chief judge of the Abbasid Caliphate, renowned as a leading disciple of Abu Hanifa and a key architect of early Hanafi jurisprudence.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abu Yusuf canonical | 8 |
| Abu Yusuf al-Ansari | 2 |
| Chief Judge of the Abbasid Caliphate | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hanafi scholar
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Islamic jurist ⓘ Islamic theologian ⓘ chief judge ⓘ faqih ⓘ muhaddith ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Baghdad
ⓘ
Kufa ⓘ |
| authored |
Ikhtilaf Abi Hanifa wa Ibn Abi Layla
ⓘ
Kitab al-Athar ⓘ Kitab al-Kharaj ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Abbasid fiscal policy
ⓘ
early codification of Hanafi law ⓘ |
| diedInCentury | 8th century ⓘ |
| discipleOf | Abu Hanifa ⓘ |
| era |
8th century
ⓘ
Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic jurisprudence
ⓘ
Islamic legal theory ⓘ fiqh ⓘ hadith ⓘ |
| fullName | Yaʿqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari ⓘ |
| honorificName | Abu Yusuf self-link ⓘ |
| influenced |
Abbasid legal administration
ⓘ
Muhammad al-Shaybani ⓘ later Hanafi jurists ⓘ |
| juridicalRole |
mufti
ⓘ
qadi ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advising Abbasid caliphs on legal and fiscal matters
ⓘ
being the first Qadi al-qudat in Islamic history ⓘ development of Hanafi jurisprudence ⓘ systematizing Abu Hanifa’s legal opinions ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalSchool | Hanafi school ⓘ |
| madhhab |
Hanafi school
ⓘ
surface form:
Hanafi
|
| notableWorkSubject |
Islamic taxation
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land tax (kharaj) ⓘ public finance in Islam ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Abu Yusuf
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Chief Judge of the Abbasid Caliphate
Qadi al-qudat ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Iraq ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Harun al-Rashid
ⓘ
surface form:
Caliph Harun al-Rashid
|
| studentOf |
Abu Hanifa
ⓘ
Malik ibn Anas ⓘ Sufyan al-Thawri ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Muhammad al-Shaybani ⓘ |
| tradition | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
al-Mabsut
this entity surface form:
Abu Yusuf al-Ansari
this entity surface form:
Abu Yusuf al-Ansari
this entity surface form:
Chief Judge of the Abbasid Caliphate