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Imam Abu Hanifa

أَبُو حَنِيفَة النُّعْمَان

Founder of the Hanafi school of jurisprudence

Born: 699 CE, Kufa
Died: 767 CE, Baghdad
Era: Classical
Field: Fiqh
Origin: Kufa, Iraq
Abu Hanifa is the founder of the Hanafi school — the largest school of Islamic jurisprudence followed by nearly half of all Muslims. He became the first scholar to systematically organise Islamic law.