Hanafi school

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Sunni Islamic legal school madhhab

The Hanafi school is the oldest and one of the most widely followed Sunni Islamic legal schools, known for its flexible and rationalist approach to jurisprudence.

Aliases (7)

Hanafi ×7
Hanafi Sunni Islam ×6
Hanafi school of Sunni Islam ×4
Hanafi school of law ×4
Hanafi jurists ×2
Hanafi school of Islam ×2
Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sunni Islamic legal school → madhhab →
characteristic	acceptance of juristic preference → consideration of local custom → extensive use of analogical reasoning → flexible approach to jurisprudence → rationalist approach to jurisprudence →
denominationOf	Sunni Islam →
developedBy	Abu Yusuf → Muhammad al-Shaybani → Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl →
foundedBy	Abu Hanifa →
foundedInCentury	8th century →
foundedInRegion	Iraq → Kufa →
hasSubtradition	Deobandi movement (within Hanafi jurisprudence) → Maturidi theological alignment (common among Hanafis) →
historicallyAdoptedBy	Abbasid Caliphate (in practice in many courts) → Mughal Empire → Ottoman Empire →
influenced	Mughal legal system → Ottoman legal system → modern personal status laws in several Muslim-majority countries →
influencedBy	Abu Hanifa →
isOldestOf	Sunni madhhabs →
isOneOf	four major Sunni schools of law →
languageOfClassicalTexts	Arabic →
legalMethodology	ijma → istihsan → qiyas → urf →
namedAfter	Abu Hanifa →
notableText	Mukhtasar al-Quduri by al-Quduri → al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani → al-Kafi by al-Hakim al-Shahid → al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi →
otherSunniSchools	Hanbali school → Maliki school → Shafi‘i school →
primarySources	Quran → Sunnah → analogical reasoning → consensus of companions → custom → juristic preference →
religion	Islam →
widelyFollowedIn	Afghanistan → Balkans → Bangladesh → Central Asia → India → Pakistan → Turkey → parts of the Middle East →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aimaqs ("Hanafi Sunni Islam") → Kazakhs ("Hanafi school of Islam") → Tatars ("Hanafi school of Islam") → Uzbek ("Hanafi school of Sunni Islam") → Uzbeks ("Hanafi school of Sunni Islam") →	religion
Bosniaks ("Hanafi school of Sunni Islam") → Ingush → Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions ("Hanafi Sunni Islam") → Turkmens ("Hanafi school of Sunni Islam") →	religiousTradition
Brahui people → Uyghurs ("Hanafi Sunni Islam") →	religiousLawTradition
Qiyas ("Hanafi school of law") →	acceptedBy
Maturidi ("Hanafi school of law") →	associatedWith
Maliki school →	coexistsWith
Istihsan →	consideredBy
Ja'fari school →	contrastedWith
Zahiri school of law ("Hanafi school of law") →	contrastsWith
Istihsan ("Hanafi jurists") →	defendedBy
Shafi'i school →	differsFrom
Dar al-Harb ("Hanafi jurists") →	discussedBy
Southern Afghanistan ("Hanafi") →	dominantIslamicSchool
Mamluk Sultanate ("Hanafi") →	dominantMadhhab
Muftiate of Crimea ("Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence") →	follows
Bengali Muslims ("Hanafi Sunni Islam") →	followsLegalSchool
Islamic world ("Hanafi") →	hasLegalSchool
Timurid dynasty ("Hanafi Sunni Islam") →	hasPrimaryReligionBranch
Sharia →	hasSchoolOfInterpretation
Shafi'i school →	influencedBy
Zaydi Shia →	jurisprudenceSimilarTo
Fatawa-e-Alamgiri ("Hanafi school of law") →	legalSchool
Fatawa-e-Alamgiri ("Hanafi") →	madhhab
Tajiks ("Hanafi") →	majorIslamicSchool
Turks ("Hanafi Sunni Islam") →	majorReligionBranch
Sunni Islam ("Hanafi") →	majorSchoolOfLaw
Hanbali school →	otherSunniSchools
Khanate of Bukhara ("Hanafi") →	religiousSchool