Hanafi school

The Hanafi ( Arabic الحنفي) school is one of the four Madhhab (schools of law) in jurisprudence ( Fiqh ) within Sunni Islam , the other three schools of thought being Shafi'i , Maliki , and Hanbali . The Hanafi madhhab is named after the Iraqi scholar Abu Hanifa an-Nu‘man ibn Thābit (Arabic: أبو حنيفة النعمان بن ثابت‎) (699 - 767CE /89 - 157AH), a Tabi‘i whose legal views were preserved primarily by his two most important disciples, Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani .

The Hanafi ( Ḥanafī ) school is one of the four religious Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence ( fiqh ). It is named after the scholar Abū Ḥanīfa an-Nu‘man ibn Thābit (d. 767), a tabi‘i whose legal views were preserved primarily by his two most important disciples, Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani . The other major schools of Sharia in Sunni Islam are Maliki , Shafi'i and Hanbali . Hanafi is the fiqh with the largest followers among Sunni Muslims. It is predominant in the countries that were once part of the historic Ottoman Empire and Sultanates of Turkic rulers in the Indian subcontinent , northwest China and Central Asia . In the modern era, Hanafi is prevalent in the following regions: Turkey , the Balkans , Syria , Lebanon , Jordan , Palestine , Egypt , parts of Iraq , the Caucasus , parts of Russia , Turkmenistan , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Uzbekistan , Afghanistan , Pakistan , parts of India and China , and Bangladesh .

The Hanafi ( Ḥanafī ) school is one of the four religious Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence ( fiqh ). It is named after the scholar Abū Ḥanīfa an-Nu‘man ibn Thābit (d. 767), a tabi‘i whose legal views were preserved primarily by his two most important disciples, Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani . The other major schools of Sharia in Sunni Islam are Maliki , Shafi`i and Hanbali . The Hanafi school is the maddhab with the largest number of followers among Sunni Muslims. It is predominant in the countries that were once part of the historic Ottoman Empire , Mughal Empire and Sultanates of Turkic rulers in the Indian subcontinent , northwest China and Central Asia . In the modern era, Hanafi is prevalent in the following regions: Turkey , the Balkans , Syria , Lebanon , Jordan , Palestine , Egypt , Afghanistan , parts of Iraq , parts of Iran , parts of Russia , Turkmenistan , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Uzbekistan , Pakistan , parts of India and China , and Bangladesh .

Prominent legal school in Sunni Islam "Hanafi" redirects here. The Hanafi school ( ; also called Hanafite in English ), Hanafism , or the Hanafi fiqh is the oldest and one of the four traditional major Sunni schools ( Fiqh ) of Islamic Law (madhhab). It is named after the 8th century Kufan scholar, Abu Hanifa , a Tabi‘i whose legal views were preserved primarily by his two most important disciples, Imam Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani . It is considered one of the most widely accepted maddhab amongst Sunni Muslim community and is called the Madhhab of Jurists (maddhab ahl al-ray). A plurality of Hanafi Muslims follow and have followed the Maturidi school of theology ( Aqidah , ). The importance of this madhhab lies in the fact that it is not just a collection of rulings or sayings of Imam Abu Hanifa alone, but rather the rulings and sayings of the council of judges he established belong to it. Abu Hanifa was the first to formally solve cases and organize them into chapters. He was followed by Imam Malik ibn Anas in arranging Al-Muwatta . Since the Sahaba and the successors of the Sahaba did not put attention in establishing the science of Sharia or codifying it in chapters or organized books, but rather relied on the strength of their memorization for transmitting knowledge, Abu Hanifa feared that the next generation of the Muslim community would not understand Sharia laws well. His book consisted of Taharah (purification), Salat (prayer), other acts of Ibadah (worship), Muwamalah (public treatment), then Mawarith (inheritance). Under the patronage of the Abbasids , the Hanafi school flourished in Iraq and spread throughout the Islamic world, firmly establishing itself in Muslim Spain , Greater Khorasan and Transoxiana by the 9th-century, where it acquired the support of rulers including Delhi Sultanate , Khwarazmian Empire , Kazakh Sultanate and the local Samanid rulers. Turkic expansion introduced the school to the Indian subcontinent and Anatolia , and it was adopted as the chief legal school of the Ottoman and Mughal Empire . In the modern Republic of Turkey , the Hanafi jurisprudence is enshrined in Diyanet , the directorate for religious affairs, through the constitution (art. 136). The Hanafi school is the largest of the four traditional Sunni schools of Islamic jurisprudence, followed by approximately 30% of Sunni Muslims worldwide. It is mostly followed in the Balkans , Turkey , Egypt , the Levant , Central Asia and South Asia in addition to parts of Russia and China . The other primary Sunni schools are the Maliki , Shafi'i and Hanbali schools. Understanding Islamic Law: From Classical to Contemporary . The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law . An Introduction to Islamic Law .

School of Islamic jurisprudence "Hanafi" redirects here. The Hanafi school or Hanafism is the largest school of Islamic jurisprudence out of the four principal schools within Sunni Islam . It developed from the teachings of the jurist and theologian Abu Hanifa ( c. 699–767 CE ), who systemised the use of reasoning ( ra'y ). Hanafi legal theory primarily derives law from the Quran , the sayings and practices of Muhammad ( sunnah ), scholarly consensus ( ijma ) and analogical reasoning ( qiyas ), but also considers juristic discretion ( istihsan ) and local customs ( urf ). It is distinctive in its greater usage of qiyas than other schools. The school spread throughout the Muslim world under the patronage of various Islamic empires, including the Abbasids and Seljuks . The Central Asian region of Transoxiana emerged as a centre of classical Hanafi scholarship between the 10th and 12th centuries, which gave rise to the Maturidi school of theology. The Ottoman Empire adopted Hanafism as its official school of law and influenced the legal thought of the school, eventually codifying it as the Mecelle in the 1870s. Followers of the Hanafi school are called Hanafis, who are estimated to comprise one third of all Muslims. It is the largest Islamic legal school and is predominant in the Balkans , Central Asia, Turkey , the Levant , and South Asia , in the latter of which it is mainly split between the Barelvi and Deobandi movements. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).