Hanafi
- adjective
- Many scholars agree that the Hanafi approach provides a foundation for legal reasoning in diverse contexts.
Examples
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The outcome is a coherent distribution channel for a competitive Pashtun Hanafi religious model where the individual adherent can be both a good Pashtun and a good Muslim, as opposed to the Salafi model that rejects traditional Pashtun social structure.
Academic text (2011) -
The Hanafi interpretation of Islamic law emphasizes flexibility and reasoning within its rulings.
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The Maliki and Hanafi schools suggest that the sunna and the Qur'an can abrogate each other, while Shafi'is do not.
Academic text (2007) -
In the Hanafi school, the use of analogical reasoning is a key principle in deriving legal rulings.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Hanafi = Hanifa (transparent) = Hanifa + i
Formed from the personal name 'Hanifa' with the relational suffix '-i' meaning 'relating to or following Hanifa', so the relation is clear if the base name is known.
Etymology
Hanafi comes from the name of a famous teacher, Abu Hanifa, and means 'of Abu Hanifa' or 'a follower of Abu Hanifa'. So, when something is called Hanafi it relates to the legal teachings that come from his school of Islamic law.
