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أَبُو حَنِيفَة | |
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| Born | September 699 CE (Rajab 80 AH) |
| Died | 767 CE (150 AH; aged 68–70) Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate (modern-day Iraq) |
| Resting place | Abu Hanifa Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq |
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| Era | Late Umayyad – early Abbasid |
| Region | Kufa[2] |
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| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Independent (eponym of the Hanafi school) |
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| Personal (Ism) | Al-Nuʿmān ٱلنُّعْمَان |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | Ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā ibn Marzubān ٱبْن ثَابِت بْن زُوطَا بْن مَرْزُبَان |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū Ḥanīfa أَبُو حَنِيفَة |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | Al-Taymī al-Kūfī ٱلتَّيْمِيّ ٱلْكُوفِيّ |
Abu Hanifa[a] (Arabic: أَبُو حَنِيفَة, romanized: Abū Ḥanīfa; September 699–767)[5] was a Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, ascetic,[3] and eponym of the Hanafi school of Sunni jurisprudence, which remains the most widely practiced to this day.[3] His school predominates in Central and South Asia, Turkey, the Balkans, Russia, and some parts of the Arab world.[6][7]
Born to a Muslim family in Kufa,[3] Abu Hanifa traveled to the Hejaz region of Arabia in his youth, where he studied in the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina.[3] He was named by al-Dhahabi as "one of the geniuses of the sons of Adam" who "combined jurisprudence, worship, scrupulousness, and generosity".[8]
As his career as a jurist and theologian progressed, he became known for favoring the use of reason in his jurisprudential rulings, and even in his theology.[3] His school grew after his death, and the majority of its followers would also eventually come to follow the Maturidi school of theology.[3] He left behind two major students, Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani, who would later become celebrated jurists in their own right.
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- ^ Nazeer Ahmed (2001). Islam in Global History: Volume One: From the Death of Prophet Muhammed to the First World War. Xlibris Corporation. p. 113. ISBN 9781462831302.
- ^ Ludwig W. Adamec (2012). Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan. Scarecrow Press. p. 17. ISBN 9780810878150.
- ^ Al-Dhahabi. Al-Ibar fi Khabar man Ghabar. Vol. 1. p. 164.
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