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Abū Ḥanīfa

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Abū Ḥanīfa

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Also known as Abu Hanifa, Imam Azam, The Great Imam, The Lamp of the Imams, al-Nuʿmān b. al-Ṯābit, Abū Ḥanīfaŧ

8th-century Sunni theologian and jurist

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Abū Ḥanīfa was a male person associated with the region of Tamil Nadu. He was born on 0699-09-05 and died in 767. His authorship is recorded under the name Abu Hanifa.

Among his works is *Abhandlungen Zur Islamischen Glaubenslehre*. Records indicate he has five works, while another source lists one work. He is referenced by 937 other encyclopedia articles.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Kufa
Place of death
Baghdad
Occupation
merchant
Languages spoken
Arabic
Religion
Islam
Field of work
science of hadith
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date of birth
0699-00-00
name in native language
أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ النُّعْمَانُ
student
Wakee ibn al-Jarrah
place of burial
Abu Hanifa Mosque
Commons category
Abu Hanifa
birth name
النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ بْنِ مَرْزُبَان الكُوفِيّ التَّيْمِيّ بِالْوَلَاء
nickname
إمام الأئمَّة الفُقهاء
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Salives
honorific suffix
rahimahullah
date of death
0767-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Abu Hanifa (Arabic: أَبُو حَنِيفَة, romanized: Abū Ḥanīfa; 5 September 699 CE – 18 June 767 CE) was a Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, ascetic, and eponym of the Hanafi school of Sunni jurisprudence, which remains the most widely practiced to this day. His school predominates in Central and South Asia, Turkey, Africa, the Balkans, Russia, and some parts of the Arab world.

Sources disagree on exactly where he was born, whether in Kufa (held by the majority), Kabul, Anbar, Nasa or Termez. Abu Hanifa traveled to the Hejaz region of Arabia in his youth, where he studied in the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina. He was named by al-Dhahabi as "one of the geniuses of the sons of Adam" who "combined jurisprudence, worship, scrupulousness, and generosity".

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