Muhammad al-Shaybani, Recorder of Hanafi law

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ScholarRecorder of Hanafi law

Muhammad al-Shaybaniمحمد بن الحسن الشيباني

Approximate dateBaghdad

He wrote down Hanafi law and an early Muslim book on the law of nations.

He studied briefly under Abu Hanifa, then Abu Yusuf, and spent three years with Malik in Madinah. His books became the base texts of the Hanafi school, and his Siyar sets out rules for war, treaties and envoys. Al-Shafi'i studied with him in Baghdad.

What grew out of it?

He is often called a father of Islamic international law.

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