The Hanafi school or Hanafism (Arabic: ٱلْمَذْهَب ٱلْحَنَفِيّ, romanized: al-madhhab al-ḥanafī) is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. It was established by the 8th-century 展开

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Scholars commonly define the formative period of the Hanafi school as starting with Abu Hanifa's judicial … 展开

It is estimated that up to 30% of Muslims in the world follow the Hanafi school. Today, most followers of the Hanafi school live in Turkey, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan,China, Syria, Jordan, Uzbekistan,Tajikistan, 展开

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A standardized legal tradition (madhhab) did not exist among early Muslims. To them, the only sources of Sharia were the Quran and the Sunnah. If not found in these two sources, they … 展开

Hanafi usul recognises the Quran, hadith, consensus (ijma), legal analogy (qiyas), juristic preference (istihsan) and normative customs (urf) as sources of the Sharia. Abu Hanifa is regarded by modern scholars as the first to formally adopt and institute qiyas as … 展开

• Abd al-Ghani al-Ghunaymi al-Maydani
• Abu Hafs Umar al-Nasafi
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• Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
• Abu Yusuf 展开