Ḥanafī School
Abū Ḥanīfah al-Nuʿmān ibn Thābitd. 150 AH · c. 767 CE
A school deeply attentive to transmitted texts while giving considered space to qiyās and juristic reasoning.
Overview
Virtues
- Profound knowledge of the Qurʾān and its science.
- Mastery of the transmitted ḥadīths and their chains of transmission.
- Exceptional ability in juristic reasoning and analogy.
- Devotion to asceticism and piety despite his extensive scholarly work.
- Influence that shaped Islamic jurisprudence across vast regions of the Muslim world.