Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā ibn Marzubān
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Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā ibn Marzubān, better known as Abu Hanifa, was an 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian who founded the Hanafi school of Sunni Islamic law.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic theologian
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Muslim jurist ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Abbasid Caliphate
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Kufa school of jurisprudence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Iraq
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Kufa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| century | 2nd century AH ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Abbasid Caliphate
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Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| era | 8th century ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Persian ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic law
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Islamic theology ⓘ |
| fullName | Abu Hanifa al-Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā ibn Marzubān NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Imam al-Aʿzam
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The Great Imam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Central Asian Islamic jurisprudence
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Hanafi jurists NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic law in the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ Mughal legal tradition ⓘ Ottoman legal tradition ⓘ Sunni Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Companions of the Prophet Muhammad
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Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibrahim al-Nakhaʿi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
emphasis on opinion-based jurisprudence within Sunni Islam
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founding the Hanafi school of Sunni Islamic law ⓘ juristic reasoning (raʾy) and analogical reasoning (qiyās) ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legacy | Hanafi school became one of the four major Sunni madhhabs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalMethodology |
reliance on opinion (raʾy) within limits of scripture
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use of istihsān (juristic preference) ⓘ use of qiyās (analogical reasoning) ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Islamic jurisprudence
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Islamic theology (kalām) ⓘ fiqh ⓘ |
| name | Abu Hanifa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
jurist
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teacher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| region | Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| school | Hanafi school of law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| schoolOfLawFounded | Hanafi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Hanafi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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