School of Sunni Islamic Jurisprudence founded by Abu hanifa al-noman. His school extended in the resourses of Islamic law so it adopted the principle of analogy and assiduity
One of four major legal schools in Sunni ( q.v.) Islam, the Hanafi school makes substantial use of reason in legal opinions. Named for Ali Numan Abu Hanifa (ca. 700-67), a leading theologian in Iraq.