Abu Hanifa

Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā ibn Marzubān (Persie: ابوحنیفه‎, Arabic: نعمان بن ثابت بن زوطا بن مرزبان‎), kent as Imam Abū Ḥanīfah (Arabic: أبو حنيفة‎ datit 699 – 767 AD / 80 – 150 AH) an aw,[5] wis the foonder o the Sunni Hanafi schuil o fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). He is considered a renained Islamic scholar an personality bi Zaydi Shia Muslims an aw.[6] He wis eften cried "the Great Imam" (ألإمام الأعظم, al-imām al-aʿẓam).[3]

Islamic scholar
Abū Ḥanīfah
Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā ibn Marzubān wi Islamic calligrafie
TeetleImām e Azam
BornSeptember 5, 702 (80 Hijri)
Parvān, Umayyad Caliphate
Died14 Juin 772(772-06-14) (aged 69) (150 Hijri)
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
EthnicityPersie[1][2][3][4]
EraIslamic gowden age
RegionKufa[1]
ReleegionIslam
JurisprudenceSunni
Main interest(s)Jurisprudence
Notable idea(s)Istihsan
Notable wirk(s)Kitabul-Athar
Fiqh al-Akbar[dubious ]

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