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Jurisprudence The Four Madhabs — Schools of Islamic Jurisprudence
An overview of the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali schools: their founders, meth...
Jurisprudence The Hanafi School of Jurisprudence
The largest madhab in the Muslim world: its founder Abu Hanifah, methodology, key positions, and geographic spread.
History Imam Abu Hanifa: The Great Imam
The life and legacy of the founder of the Hanafi school, the oldest and largest madhab in Sunni Islam.
Theology The Maturidi School of Islamic Theology
...school founded by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi, predominant among Hanafi Muslims worldwide.
Jurisprudence Istihsan: Juristic Preference in Hanafi Law
The concept of istihsan as a source of Islamic law, how Hanafi jurists applied it, its critics (notably al-Shafi'i), and i...