Imam Zufar
8th century Hanafi scholar · Academics · Lived 728 to 775 · aged 47
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl, known as Imam Zufar, was an 8th-century Islamic scholar born in Isfahan. He was one of the main students of Abu Hanifa and, after Hanifa's death, led his teaching circle and spread Hanafi jurisprudence, particularly in Basra.
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He is generally regarded as the fourth imam of the Hanafi school, after Abu Hanifa, Abu Yusuf, and Muhammad al-Shaybani, the latter being his student. He was known for his comparatively strict logical reasoning in legal matters within the school's doctrines.
