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    Imam Abu Haneefa
    Imam Abu Haneefa
    Imam Abu Haneefa
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    Imam Abu Haneefa

    By Naima Sohaib

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    Abu Haneefa was an Islamic scholar and an expert on Islamic law. His juristic pronouncements have held sway over the entire Muslim world for almost twelve centuries. His popularity to this day can be gauged by the fact that no other Muslim scholar has as many biographies written of him as Abu Haneefa. He had extraordinary intelligence and acumen, which he put to good use. Abu Haneefa compiled judgments on over a hundred thousand issues, a huge undertaking which took him a period of no less than 30 years. This was a difficult task as there was no prior example of this kind of undertaking. The credit of founding the principles of Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) also goes to Abu Haneefa. His compilation of issues on various aspects of Islam and their Fiqhi solutions received great acclaim throughout the Islamic world during his lifetime. His biggest achievement is collective and consultative Islamic legislation, which had no parallel at his time and was a futuristic effort to find Shariah solutions to everyday problems.

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    PublisherNaima Sohaib
    Release dateAug 13, 2016
    ISBN9781370535477
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      Imam Abu Haneefa - Naima Sohaib

      IMAM ABU HANEEFA

      Naima Sohaib

      Muslim Heroes series No. 4

      Translated by Eman Asif Misbah

      Copyright  2016 Naima Sohaib

      Smashwords Edition

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or otherwise, including photocopying, recording, Internet or any storage and retrieval system without prior written permission from the Publisher.

      Available in print at Dawah Books

      dawahbooks.com.pk

      Translated from the Urdu book Tareekh-e-Islam ki Azeem Shakhsiat by Naima Sohaib

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Foreword

      Imam Abu Haneefa - Introduction

      Birth

      Background

      Education in Scholarly Discourses

      His Teachers

      Lectures and Rulings

      Wisdom and Religious Understanding

      Compilation of Fiqh

      The Hanafi School of Thought

      The Popularity of Hanafi Fiqh

      Publications and Famous Students

      A Man of Principles

      Imprisonment and Death

      Personality

      The Contributions of Abu Haneefa and Islamic Legislation in Present Times

      References

      About the Author

      About the Translator

      Foreword

      All praise is for Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

      This booklet is fourth in a series, translated from a book compiled on Muslim heroes by my good friend Naima Sohaib. The selection includes Muslim scholars, philosophers, reformers and military generals. It tells us about these unique individuals who selflessly worked for the cause of Islam.

      This booklet is about an extraordinary Muslim hero from the world of learning. Abu Haneefa was an Islamic scholar and an expert on Islamic law. His juristic pronouncements have held sway over the entire Muslim world for almost twelve centuries. His popularity to this day can be gauged by the fact that no other Muslim scholar has as many biographies written of him as Abu Haneefa. May Allah grant him a place in the highest levels of Jannah, and may Allah give us the ability to learn from his example and dedicate ourselves to the cause of Islam.

      Abu Haneefa had unusual mental abilities and acumen, which he put to good use. His biggest achievement is collective and consultative Islamic legislation, which had no parallel at his time and was a futuristic effort to find Shariah solutions to everyday problems ahead of time. Today, we need people like Abu Haneefa to come forward and form an Islamic jurisprudence system in order to meet the needs of the 21st century.

      May Allah reward Sana Dossal, Misbah Anwar and Sohaib Umar for editing this piece of work, Nadeem Siddiqui for the design work, and Asif Misbah, my husband for his constant encouragement and support.

      Eeman Asif Misbah

      Imam Abu Haneefa

      Founder of the Hanafi School of Thought and the First to Organize the Science of Fiqh by Active Consultation

      Introduction

      His name was Noman, his Kuniat Abu Haneefa and his title was Imam-e-Azam.

      His family was among the most respectable families of Iran. His grandfather had converted to Islam during the caliphate of Ali (RA) and migrated to Kufa from Iran. In the annals of

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