Hanafi
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Origin of Hanafi
< Arabic Ḥanafī, derivative of name of founder Abū Ḥanīfah
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Minister Khalid Hanafi said it was the government's "responsibility to guide the nation to have an appearance according to sharia", or Islamic law.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Maj-Gen Amr Hanafi said the boat sank within five to seven minutes.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2024
The leader of the operation was Hamaas Abdul Khaalis, a District resident who had formed the Hanafi group.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2023
The deputy prime minister in the Taliban government, Abdul Salam Hanafi, indirectly criticized the ban on education for women and girls in a speech in Kabul this week.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2023
In the Hanafi the former is a superior obligation to the latter.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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