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Abū Ḥanīfa

8th-century Sunni theologian and jurist
Person human Q190896

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[32]
Date of birth
September 5, 699, 699[10]
Date of death
767, 767[11]
Place of birth
Kufa
Place of death
Baghdad
Occupation
ulema, merchant, Islamic jurist, theologian, legal scholar, mujtahid[14]
Field of work
fiqh, science of hadith[15][16]
Religion or worldview
Islam[31]
Notable work
Musnad Abu Hanifa, Al-Fiqh al-Akbar, Al-Fiqh al-Absat, Kitab al-Wasiyyah[27][28][29][30]
Child
Hammad ibn Abi Hanifa[13]
Part of
The Four Imams[33]
Student of
Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman, Ata ibn Abi Rabah, Anas ibn Malik, Amir al-Sha'bi, Tawus ibn Kaysan, Jabalah ibn Suhaim, Abd al-Rahman ibn Hurmuz, Amr ibn Dinar, Talha ibn Nafi, Nafi Mawla ibn Umar, Muharib ibn Dithar, Alqama ibn Marthad, Abd al-Aziz ibn Rufay, Simak ibn Harb, Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr, Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, Muhammad ibn Munkadir, Ata ibn al-Saib, Hisham ibn Urwah[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Arabic
Birth name
النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ بْنِ مَرْزُبَان الكُوفِيّ التَّيْمِيّ بِالْوَلَاء
Described by source
Islamskiy entsiklopedicheskiy slovar', Islam: an encyclopedic dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopedic Lexicon, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Encyclopedia Americana, Riegerův slovník naučný, al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002)[51][52][53][54]
Given name
Nu'man[35]
Honorific prefix
Al-Imam[34]
Honorific suffix
rahimahullah[36]
Name in native language
أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ النُّعْمَانُ بن الثابت, النعمان بن ثابت
Nickname
الإمام الأعظم, فقيه العراق, فقيه الملَّة, عالم الأُمَّة, إمام الأئمَّة الفُقهاء
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikiproject:Islamic Courts & Canons, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Place of burial
Abu Hanifa Mosque[12]
Student
Abu Yusuf, Ahmad bin Abi Taybah al-Darimi, Muhammad al-Shaybani, Ibn Ṭahmān, Hasan bin Ziyad, Hammad ibn Abi Hanifa, Hamzah al-Kufi, Dawud al-Ta'i, Abdullah ibn Mubarak, Waki ibn al-Jarrah[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
🏷️ Also known as
en The Great Imam en Abū Ḥanīfa en Abu Hanifa en Imam Azam en al-Nuʿmān b. al-Ṯābit, Abū Ḥanīfaŧ en The Lamp of the Imams ar أبي حنيفة النعمان ar الامام أبو حنيفة ar أبي حنيفة ar الإمام أبو حنيفة ar ابو حنيفه النعمان ar الامام الأعظم ar أبو حنيفة النعمان ar النعمان بن الثابت، أبو حنيفة ar الامام الاعظم ar أبو حنيفة ar ابو حنيفة النعمان ar أبا حنيفة ar ابو حنيفة ar أبو حنيفه النعمان
🔖 Identifiers · 62
ISNI
0000000115770954
VIAF cluster ID
88126052
Library of Congress authority ID
n82031776
GND ID
11899204X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Nu'man bin Thabit Abu Hanifa Masjid an-Nabawi Calligraphy.svg ↗
Authority file of the Iraqi Authors ID
495
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14559823n
Biblissima authority ID
Heike Laufenburg
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
abu-hanifa-an-nu-man-ibn-thabit
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00402843
CONOR.BG ID
77946376
CiNii Research ID
1140563741577084160
Show all 62 identifiers +50
DDB person (GND) ID
11899204X
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
11899204X
Diamond Catalog ID for persons and organisations
5783
Dictionary of Late Antiquity ID
26
Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID
Salives
EGAXA ID
vtls000851439
Encyclopaedia Islamica ID
COM-0069
Encyclopaedia of Islam (French edition) ID
SIM-0194
Encyclopaedia of Islam (first edition) ID
SIM-0219
Encyclopaedia of Islam (second edition) ID
SIM-0194
Encyclopaedia of Islam (third edition) ID
COM-0151
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Abu-Hanifah
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
abu-hanifa
FAST ID
1803236
Freebase ID
/m/026587
Golden ID
Abu_Hanifa-WM8BV
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
abu-hanifa
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0000350
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Abu_Hanafi, Abu_Hanifa
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
662023
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/628029218918
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
205
IdRef ID
119722321
Iranica ID
abu-hanifa-noman-b
Islamic Philosophy ID
13
IxTheo authority ID
079773761
Koha Kütüphane ID
146092
Lex ID
Abu_Hanifa
Libraries Australia ID
35163229
Libris-URI
tr577vwc2dblmks
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA09342353
NBM authority ID
31077
NE.se ID
abu-hanifa
NLA Trove people ID
847700
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007302278705171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073542784
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3865320
OpenITI author ID
0340AbuMuhammadHarithi
Orthodox Encyclopedia ID
62510
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095345357
Perseus author ID
1818
RERO ID (legacy)
A016372287
Rekhta author ID
abu-hanifa
SELIBR ID
175991
Shamela author ID
602
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
ebu-hanife
Trismegistos author ID
5793
WBIS ID
R1351
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkMHhHfgDjbP39wTvxxDq
Yale LUX ID
person/6f4b8003-5844-4bb0-b875-4c328d98e835

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🔗 Connections
Student of 10
Anas ibn Malik, Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, Amir al-Sha'bi, Ata ibn Abi Rabah, Hisham ibn Urwah, Tawus ibn Kaysan, Amr ibn Dinar, Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman +2 more
Students 9
Abu Yusuf, Abdullah ibn Mubarak, Muhammad al-Shaybani, Imam Zufar, Waki ibn al-Jarrah, Dawud al-Ta'i, Hamzah al-Kufi, Hasan bin Ziyad +1 more
Student 8
Abu Yusuf, Abdullah ibn Mubarak, Muhammad al-Shaybani, Waki ibn al-Jarrah, Dawud al-Ta'i, Hamzah al-Kufi, Hasan bin Ziyad, Ibn Ṭahmān
Teachers 6
Jaafar Al-Sadiq, Muhammad al-Baqir, Zayd ibn Ali, Amir al-Sha'bi, 'Asim Koofi, Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman
Influenced 5
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Ashraf Ali Thanwi, Imam Birgivi, Sadr al-Shari'a al-Asghar, Zafar Ahmad al-Uthmani
Named after 3
Hanafism, Abu Hanifa Mosque, Adhamiyah
Occupation 3
ulema, merchant, Islamic jurist
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Field of work 2
fiqh, science of hadith
Notable work 2
Al-Fiqh al-Akbar, Musnad Abu Hanifa
Works by author 2
Al-Fiqh al-Akbar, Musnad Abu Hanifa
Belongs to 1
The Four Imams
Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID 1
Salives
Founded entities 1
Hanafism
Honorific suffix 1
rahimahullah
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Arabic
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Place of birth 1
Kufa
Place of burial 1
Abu Hanifa Mosque
Place of death 1
Baghdad
Religion or worldview 1
Islam
Sex or gender 1
male
← Significant person 1
Ahl ar-Ra'y
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Summary

Abū Ḥanīfa was born on September 5, 699[1], in Kufa[2]. He died in 767[3] in Baghdad[4]. He worked as an ulema[5], merchant[6], Islamic jurist[7], theologian[8], and legal scholar[9].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Abū Ḥanīfa include Hanafism[55], Abu Hanifa Mosque[56], and Adhamiyah[57].

Why It Matters

He has been cited as an influence by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi[58], a muhaddith[59], 1856–1921[60], of British Raj[61], specialised in fiqh[62]; Ashraf Ali Thanwi[63], a Qur'anic exegete[64], 1863–1943[65], of British Raj[66], specialised in Qur’an[67]; Zafar Ahmad al-Uthmani[68], a poet[69], 1892–1974[70], of Pakistan[71]; Imam Birgivi[72], an ulema[73], 1522–1573[74], of Ottoman Empire[75]; and Sadr al-Shari'an al-Asghar[76], a naturalist[77], specialised in aqidah[78].

Works attributed to him include Al-Fiqh al-Akbar[79], a literary work[80] and Musnad Abu Hanifa[81], a literary work[82]. Entities named for him include Hanafism[55], Abu Hanifa Mosque[56], and Adhamiyah[57].

FAQs

Where was Abū Ḥanīfa born?

Abū Ḥanīfa's place of birth was Kufa[2].

Where did Abū Ḥanīfa die?

Abū Ḥanīfa died in Baghdad[4].

What did Abū Ḥanīfa do for work?

Abū Ḥanīfa worked as an ulema[5], merchant[6], Islamic jurist[7], theologian[8], and legal scholar[9].

Who did Abū Ḥanīfa influence?

Abū Ḥanīfa has been cited as an influence by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi[58], Ashraf Ali Thanwi[63], Zafar Ahmad al-Uthmani[68], and Imam Birgivi[72].

Related Entities

Abu Yusuf Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Anas ibn Malik fiqh Jaafar Al-Sadiq Kufa Muhammad al-Baqir science of hadith Zayd ibn Ali

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  1. 20d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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