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A founder of the
Druze
movement, the details of whose life are uncertain. He lived in the 5th cent. AH (11th cent. CE). He is regarded by the Druzes as the last incarnation (
q
’im al-zam
n
) of ‘
aql
(universal intelligence), and produced one of the two fundamental works of the movement,
Al-naqd al-Khafi
(copy of the Secret). For his seven precepts, see
DRUZES
.
Druze
movement, the details of whose life are uncertain. He lived in the 5th cent. AH (11th cent. CE). He is regarded by the Druzes as the last incarnation (
q
’im al-zamn) of ‘
aql
(universal intelligence), and produced one of the two fundamental works of the movement,
Al-naqd al-Khafi
(copy of the Secret). For his seven precepts, see
DRUZES
.
Hanafi Muslims
.
.
A black American Muslim group, founded by Hamaas Abdul Khaalis in 1958, when he left the Nation of Islam (see
ELIJAH MUHAMMAD
;
BLACK MUSLIMS
). The movement aims to adhere to the
anafite
school, regarding the parent movement as too much compromised by the American way of life.
ELIJAH MUHAMMAD
;
BLACK MUSLIMS
). The movement aims to adhere to the
anafiteschool, regarding the parent movement as too much compromised by the American way of life.
anafites.
The followers of a religious school named after the jurist
Ab
an
fa
, which grew out of the old Kufan and Basran law schools. Two of Ab
an
fa's pupils, Ab
Y
suf Ya‘kub (d. 795 (AH 182)) and Mu
ammad b. al-
asan al-Shayb
n
(d. 805 (AH 189)) were more responsible for the authoritative development of the law school than Ab
an
Ab
anfa, which grew out of the old Kufan and Basran law schools. Two of Ab
anfa's pupils, AbYsuf Ya‘kub (d. 795 (AH 182)) and Muammad b. al-asan al-Shaybn(d. 805 (AH 189)) were more responsible for the authoritative development of the law school than AbanOther books
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