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Hanifah

American  
[hah-nee-fuh] / hɑˈni fə /
Or Hanifa

noun

  1. a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “true believer.”


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A few months ago, she managed to get hold of a mobile phone and called her elder sister Hanifah, who had made it to the safety of Kurdistan.

From Washington Times Aug. 18, 2015

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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The Maksu'a, a well-known book written by the great Imam Abu' Hanifah; 4.

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

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

The fourth sect is that of Abou Hanifah.

From Oriental Literature The Literature of Arabia by Anonymous

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