How Ḥanafī Fiqh Took Shape: Imam Abū Ḥanīfah's Collegial Method

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As mankind advanced, its needs grew and expanded; then, with the expansion of the Islamic states, ever new questions kept arising. Alongside this, temperaments were changing with great speed: that fervour and simplicity of life which had been the particular hallmark of the Companions was gradually fading, while the ease-loving temperaments of the Persians, the Byzantines, and…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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