Abu Yusuf
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1946
- Works
- 1
Top works
- al-Fakk al-muftaris
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1948-07-21
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 21
- Total plays
- 70
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,989x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,255x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,207x
- Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
· 2014 · cited 9,238x
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Key facts
- Title
- Head Student of Imam Abu Hanifa
- Born
- 729, Kufa , Umayyad Caliphate
- Died
- 798 (aged 68 – 69) , Baghdad , Abbasid Caliphate
- Nationality
- Caliphate
- Era
- Islamic Golden Age
- Region
- Iraq
- Main interest s
- Islamic Jurisprudence
- Notable idea s
- Evolution of Islamic Jurisprudence
- Notable work s
- Kitab al-Kharaj Ikhtilaf Abi Hanifa wa Ibn Abi Layla
- Religion
- Islam
- Denomination
- Sunni
- Jurisprudence
- Hanafi
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Encyclopedic overview
Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm al-Anṣārī (Arabic: يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ, lit. 'Jacob, son of Abraham, the Ansari': ; 729–798), commonly known as Abū Yūsuf (Arabic: أَبُو يُوسُفَ, lit. 'Father of Joseph'), was a prominent Muslim jurist and one of the foremost authorities of the early Hanafi school of Islamic law. He was the leading student of Abu Hanifa and played a decisive role in consolidating, systematizing, and spreading Hanafi jurisprudence throughout the Abbasid Caliphate.
Abū Yūsuf also studied under Malik ibn Anas in Medina, which exposed him to alternative legal methodologies and influenced his juristic reasoning. He was appointed as the first Qadi al-Qudat (Chief Justice) under the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid, a position through which he significantly expanded the official adoption of Hanafi law within the state judiciary.
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