Ibrahim al-Nakha'i
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إبراهيم النخعي | |||||||||||
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| Born | c. 666 CE / 46 AH | ||||||||||
| Died | 714 CE / 96 AH Kufa, Umayyad Caliphate | ||||||||||
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| Religion | Islam | ||||||||||
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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.