Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman

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Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman was an early Kufan Islamic jurist and prominent scholar of Hanafi legal thought, best known as the principal teacher of Imam Abu Hanifa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hanafi scholar
Islamic jurist
faqih
hadith narrator
activeIn Kufa NERFINISHED
associatedWith Kufan circle of Ibrahim al-Nakhaʿi NERFINISHED
Kufan hadith tradition
country Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED
deathDate circa 120 AH
circa 738 CE
deathPlace Kufa NERFINISHED
era Tabiʿun
fullName Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman al-Ashʿari al-Kufi NERFINISHED
generation Successors (Tabiʿun)
honorific Abu Ismaʿil NERFINISHED
influenced Abu Hanifa NERFINISHED
Hanafi jurisprudence NERFINISHED
influencedBy Ibrahim al-Nakhaʿi NERFINISHED
juridicalOrientation raʾy-based jurisprudence
knownFor Kufan legal reasoning (raʾy)
being the principal teacher of Abu Hanifa
transmission of Ibrahim al-Nakhaʿi’s fiqh
language Arabic
legalSchool Hanafi NERFINISHED
mainInterest Islamic jurisprudence
fiqh
movement Hanafi school of law NERFINISHED
notableStudent Abd al-Malik ibn Jurayj NERFINISHED
Abu Hanifa NERFINISHED
Abu Hanifa an-Nuʿman NERFINISHED
Ayyub as-Sakhtiyani NERFINISHED
Dawud at-Taʾi NERFINISHED
Sufyan al-Thawri NERFINISHED
notableWork transmitted legal opinions (raʾy) in Kufa
precededBy Ibrahim al-Nakhaʿi as leading jurist of Kufa
region Kufa NERFINISHED
religion Islam
residence Kufa NERFINISHED
role mufti of Kufa after Ibrahim al-Nakhaʿi
succeededBy Abu Hanifa as leading jurist of Kufa
teacher Abu Burda ibn Abi Musa al-Ashʿari NERFINISHED
Abu Hazim NERFINISHED
Abu Ishaq al-Fazari NERFINISHED
Abu Ishaq al-Hamdani NERFINISHED
Abu Ishaq al-Kufi NERFINISHED
Abu Ishaq al-Sabiʿi NERFINISHED
Abu Ishaq al-Talaqani NERFINISHED
Abu Malik al-Ashjaʿi NERFINISHED
Abu Mijlaz NERFINISHED
Abu Rajaʾ al-ʿAtaridi NERFINISHED
Abu Salih al-Samman NERFINISHED
Abu Wail Shaqiq ibn Salama NERFINISHED
Abu al-Tufayl ʿAmir ibn Wathila NERFINISHED
Abu al-Zinad NERFINISHED
Abu ʿAmr al-Shaybani NERFINISHED
Abu ʿUthman al-Nahdi NERFINISHED
Anas ibn Malik NERFINISHED
Hisham ibn ʿUrwa NERFINISHED
Ibrahim al-Nakhaʿi NERFINISHED
Ikrima, the mawla of Ibn Abbas NERFINISHED
Nafiʿ, the mawla of Ibn Umar NERFINISHED
Qatada ibn Diʿama NERFINISHED
Simak ibn Harb NERFINISHED
al-Shaʿbi NERFINISHED
teacherOf Abu Hanifa NERFINISHED
Ayyub as-Sakhtiyani NERFINISHED
Dawud at-Taʾi NERFINISHED
Sufyan al-Thawri NERFINISHED
tradition Kufan school of raʾy NERFINISHED

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Abu Hanifa influencedBy Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman