Ibrahim al-Nakhai

إِبْرَاهِيم النَّخَعِي

Foundational Iraqi jurist

Born: c. 646 CE, Kufa

Died: 713 CE, Kufa

Era: Tabeen

Field: Fiqh

Origin: Kufa, Iraq

Ibrahim al-Nakhai was the leading jurist of Kufa after the companions. He became the main transmitter of the Kufan jurisprudential tradition that shaped Imam Abu Hanifa.