Ibrahim al-Nakha'i

Ibrahim al-Nakha'i
إبراهيم النخعي
Ibrahim al-Nakha'i rendered in Arabic calligraphy
Personal life
Bornc.666 CE / 46 AH
Died714 CE / 96 AH
Kufa, Umayyad Caliphate
Religious life
ReligionIslam
Muslim leader
Arabic name
Personal
(Ism)
Ibrāhīm
إٍبْرَاهِيم
Patronymic
(Nasab)
Ibn Yazīd
ٱبْن يَزِيد
Teknonymic
(Kunya)
Abū ʿImrān
أَبُو عِمْرَان
Toponymic
(Nisba)
Al-Nakhaʿī
ٱلنَّخَعِيّ

Abu Imran ibn Yazid (Arabic: إبراهيم بن يزيد, romanized: Abū ʿImrān ibn Yazīd; c.666–714), commonly known as Ibrahim al-Nakha'i (Arabic: إبراهيم النخعي, romanized: Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī), was an early Kufan jurist of the tabi'in. A pioneer of the use of ra'y and qiyas, al-Nakha'i influenced later Kufan jurists through his student Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman, including Abu Hanifa.