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Abu Yusuf, First chief judge of the Abbasids

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ScholarFirst chief judge of the Abbasids

Abu Yusufأبو يوسف

Approximate dateBaghdad

Abu Hanifa's student, the first to hold the title of chief judge, under Harun al-Rashid.

Raised poor, he was supported by Abu Hanifa through his studies. As chief judge in Baghdad he wrote Kitab al-Kharaj for Harun al-Rashid, advising on taxes, fair treatment of non-Muslim subjects and care of the poor.

What grew out of it?

Through him Hanafi law became the law of the Abbasid courts.

Who else is linked?

BaghdadAbu HanifaMuhammad al-ShaybaniHarun al-RashidAbbasid Caliphate

Who lived at the same time?

Al-MansurAbd al-Rahman IAl-SaffahAl-MahdiMarwan ibn MuhammadYazid ibn al-WalidIbrahim ibn al-WalidAl-Walid ibn Yazid

Source: history · Wikipedia

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