Abu Yusuf
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| Muslim Jurist Islamic Golden Age |
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| Full name | Imam Abu Yusuf |
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| Death | 798 |
| School/tradition | Sunni Hanafi |
| Main interests | Islamic Jurisprudence |
| Notable ideas | Evolution of Islamic Jurisprudence |
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Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari, better known as Abu Yusuf (Arabic: أبو يوسف) (d.798) was a student of legist Abu Hanifah (d.767) who helped spread the influence of the Hanafi school of Islamic law through his writings and the government positions he held.
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[edit] Biography
He was appointed Qadi (judge) in Baghdad, Iraq, and later chief justice (qadi al-qudat) under Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid (r.786-809) with authority to appoint judges in the empire. Some of his opinions differ from those of Abu Hanifah, probably on the basis of traditions not available to the earlier scholar.
[edit] Works
His most famous work is Kitab al-Kharaj[1]
- Kitab al-Kharaj is a treatise on taxation and fiscal problems of the state prepared for the caliph. [1]
- Usul al-fiqh - the earliest known work of principles of Islamic jurisprudence. A portion of his works were devoted to international law.[1]
- Kitab al-Athar, a collection of traditions (ahadith) he narrated
- Kitab Ikhtilaf Abi Hanifa wa Ibn Abi Layla, one of the early works on comparative Fiqh
- Kitab al-Radd ‘Ala Siyar al-Awza’i, a refutation of the famous Syrian jurist and tradition, al-Awza’i on the law of war.
