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Imam Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man ibn Thabit (80–150 AH) was the founder of the Hanafi school of law, the most widely followed school in the Muslim world. He was a…
Imam Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man ibn Thabit (80–150 AH) was the founder of the Hanafi school of law, the most widely followed school in the Muslim world. He was a merchant of Kufa who became the leading jurist of Iraq. He refused the office of judge under the caliph al-Mansur and died in prison in Baghdad in 150 AH (767). He was buried in the Khayzuran cemetery, and the district of al-A'zamiyya takes its name from his title, al-Imam al-A'zam. A dome and madrasa were first built over his grave in 459 AH under the Seljuks, and after later damage the mosque was rebuilt by the Ottoman sultan Suleiman in 1534. Today the large mosque, with its dome and clock tower, faces the Kadhimiya shrine across the Tigris.