Abu Hanifah
Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nuʿmān b. Thābit b. Zūṭā b. Marzubān (Arabic: أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ النُّعْمَانِ بِ. ثَابِتٌ بِ. زُوتَا بِ. مَرْزْبَانَ) (c. September 5, 699 - June 14, 767) was known as Abū Ḥanīfa, or as Imam Abū Ḥanīfa by Sunni Muslims.[1] He was an 8th-century Iraqi Sunni Muslim theologian and jurist.[2]
Abu Hanifa founded the Hanafi school of orthodox Sunni jurisprudence. This is still the most widely practiced school of law in the Sunni tradition.[2] He is often spoken of as al-Imām al-aʿẓam ("The Great Imam") and Sirāj al-aʾimma ("The Lamp of the Imams") in Sunni Islam.[2]
Abu Hanifah Media
Map of the Muslim world. Hanafism (grass green) is the predominant school in Central and South Asia, the northern Middle East, and the Balkans.
16th-century Ottoman miniature depicting Abu Hanifa
References
- ↑ ABŪ ḤANĪFA, Encyclopædia Iranica
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pakatchi, Ahmad and Umar, Suheyl, “Abū Ḥanīfa”, in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Wilferd Madelung and, Farhad Daftary.