Hanafi school

E27508
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.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Hanafi 25
Hanafi school canonical 24
Hanafi Sunni Islam 10

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 Sunni Islam ⓘ
surface form: Deobandi movement (within Hanafi jurisprudence)

Maturidi theological alignment (common among Hanafis) ⓘ
historicallyAdoptedBy Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
surface form: Abbasid Caliphate (in practice in many courts)

Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: 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 fiqh ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: al-Kafi by al-Hakim al-Shahid

al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi ⓘ
otherSunniSchools Hanbali school ⓘ
Maliki school ⓘ
Shafi'i school ⓘ
surface form: Shafi‘i school
primarySources Quran ⓘ
Sunnah ⓘ
analogical reasoning ⓘ
consensus of companions ⓘ
custom ⓘ
juristic preference ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
widelyFollowedIn Afghanistan ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Central Asia ⓘ
India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
parts of the Middle East ⓘ

Referenced by (89)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sharia → hasSchoolOfInterpretation → Hanafi school ⓘ
Qiyas → acceptedBy → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of law
Timurid dynasty → hasPrimaryReligionBranch → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi Sunni Islam
Islamic world → hasLegalSchool → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Sunni Islam → majorSchoolOfLaw → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Tajiks → majorIslamicSchool → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Uzbek → religion → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of Sunni Islam
Aimaqs → religion → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi Sunni Islam
Maliki school → coexistsWith → Hanafi school ⓘ
Shafi'i school → differsFrom → Hanafi school ⓘ
Shafi'i school → influencedBy → Hanafi school ⓘ
Hanbali school → otherSunniSchools → Hanafi school ⓘ
Ja'fari school → contrastedWith → Hanafi school ⓘ
Bosniaks → religiousTradition → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of Sunni Islam
Turks → majorReligionBranch → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi Sunni Islam
Brahui people → religiousLawTradition → Hanafi school ⓘ
Muftiate of Crimea → follows → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence
Istihsan → consideredBy → Hanafi school ⓘ
Istihsan → defendedBy → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi jurists
Southern Afghanistan → dominantIslamicSchool → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Turkmens → religiousTradition → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of Sunni Islam
Tatars → religion → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of Islam
Zahiri school of law → contrastsWith → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of law
Mamluk Sultanate → dominantMadhhab → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Kazakhs → religion → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of Islam
Khanate of Bukhara → religiousSchool → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Uzbeks → religion → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of Sunni Islam
Zaydi Shia → jurisprudenceSimilarTo → Hanafi school ⓘ
Uyghurs → religiousLawTradition → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi Sunni Islam
Fatawa-e-Alamgiri → madhhab → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Fatawa-e-Alamgiri → legalSchool → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of law
Dar al-Harb → discussedBy → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi jurists
Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions → religiousTradition → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi Sunni Islam
Maturidi → associatedWith → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of law
Ingush → religiousTradition → Hanafi school ⓘ
Bengali Muslims → followsLegalSchool → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi Sunni Islam
Sunni fiqh → hasMajorSchool → Hanafi school ⓘ
Nogais → majorReligion → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi Sunni Islam
Salar → religiousTradition → Hanafi school ⓘ
Islam in Egypt → dominantMadhhab → Hanafi school ⓘ
Karachays → religionBranch → Hanafi school ⓘ
Firozkohi Aimaqs → religiousBranch → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi Sunni Islam
Deobandi Sunni Islam → fiqhSchool → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Mughal legal system → basedOn → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi fiqh
Mughal legal system → legalSchool → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi
al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi → legalSchool → Hanafi school ⓘ
subject surface form: al-Mabsut
this entity surface form: Hanafi
al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah → comparesWith → Hanafi school ⓘ
subject surface form: Al-Mughni
Muhammad al-Shaybani → madhhab → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Muhammad al-Shaybani → legalSchool → Hanafi school ⓘ
Abu Hanifa → schoolOfLawFounded → Hanafi school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanafi