Imam Abu Haniah
Subtitle: Life and Work
Publisher: The Other Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9789839541991
Description: Imam Abu Hanifah—commonly referred to as the Great Imam (al-Imam al-A'zam)—occupies a commanding position in the history of Muslim Jurisprudence. Those who follow the school of Islamic Law associated with his name outnumber adherents of other schools. Iqbal in his Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam paid a high tribute to Imam Abu Hanifah's “keen insight into the universal character of Islam” and, while dealing with the question of application of Islamic Law to modern conditions, expressed the view that “the school of Abu Hanifah ... possesses much greater power of creative adaptation than any other school of Mohammadan Law”. This valuable book on Imam Abu Hanifah was originally written in Urdu under the title Sirat-i Nu'man by the celebrated historian and Islamic scholar Shibli Nomani, giving us his biography and an analysis of the salient characteristics of the Hanafi school of Law.
Table of contents: title: Author's Preface; title: 1 Name, ancestry and birthplace; title: 2 Maturity, education and teachers; title: 3 Lectures, rulings an later life; title: 4 Death; title: 5 Children; title: 6 Character and habits; title: 7 Anecdotes about Abū Ḥanīfah's wit and wisdom; title: 8 Abū Ḥanīfah's writings; title: 9 Beliefs and kalām; title: 10 Tradition and principles of tradition; title: 11 Fiqh; title: Appendix: Abū Ḥanīfah's disciples; title: Index