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Abu Hanifah

British  
/ ˈæbuː hæˈniːfə /

noun

  1. 700–67 ad , Muslim theologian and teacher of jurisprudence

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This, however, is makruh, or improper without being sinful, to the followers of Abu Hanifah.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Of the four schools those of Abu Hanifah and Al-Shafe'i are most common in Cairo; the followers of Ibn Malik abound only in Southern Egypt and the Berberah country, and the Hanbali is almost unknown.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Answered Abu Hanifah, 'Can I look to enter the sea without my clothes being wet?'

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

When he heard this Abu Hanifah said, 'I was abashed before Allah to hear myself praised for what was not in me'; so after this he used to watch the whole night.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Yet, according to the decision of Abu Hanifah, it is not lawful to marry such whose husbands shall be taken, or in actual slavery with them.

From Sacred Books of the East by Various

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