Which jurist gives his name to the Sunni school that developed from Kufan legal reasoning and made…
The Hanafi school takes its name from Abu Hanifa. His school developed within the early Iraqi juristic tradition, in which qiyas, or analogical reasoning, played an…
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Which jurist gives his name to the Sunni school that developed from Kufan legal reasoning and made systematic use of qiyas?
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The Hanafi school takes its name from Abu Hanifa. His school developed within the early Iraqi juristic tradition, in which qiyas, or analogical reasoning, played an important role.
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Option A
The Hanafi school takes its name from Abu Hanifa and developed from the early Iraqi juristic tradition.
Option B
Abu Yusuf was an early Hanafi jurist associated with Abu Hanifa and the school's development.
Option C
Ja'far al-Sadiq is associated with the Ja'fari tradition.
Option D
Ahmad ibn Hanbal is associated with the Hanbali school.
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