Great Revivalists

Great Revivalists

 Imam Abu Haneefa: 699-767 AD

Abu Haneefa, Influential Muslim Jurist and theologian whose systematization of Islamic legal doctrine was acknowledged as one of the four canonical schools of Islamic law and a champion of the use of reason and analogy in law  with emphasis on reform he prevented future distortions. The School of Imam Abu Haneefa acquired such prestige that its doctrines were applied by a majority of Muslim dynasties.

Followers:Pakistan, Turkey India, Central Asia and Arab Countries 

Imam Jafar Ibn Muhammad: 702-765 AD        

Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad also called Jafar As-Sadiq sixth imam, or sprititul successor to the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him), of the Shiite Branch of Islam and the last to be recognized as imam by all the Shiite sects. Theologically, he advocated a limited predestination and proclaimed that Hadith if contrary to the Quran should be rejected.

Followers: Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan and India

Imam Malik: 715-795 AD        

Malik ibn Anas, Muslim legist who played an important role in formulating early Islamic legal doctrines. Malik ibn Anas produced on major book- the Muwatta. This is the oldest surviving compendium of Islamic law.Followers:         North and West Africa, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Egypt

Imam Shafii: 767-820 AD        

Abu Abd Allah ash-Shafii, Muslim legal scholar who played and important role in the formation of Islamic legal thought and was the founder of the Shfiiyah School of Law. He also made a basic contribution to religious and legal methodology with respect to the use of traditions. His book, the Risalah, Written during the last five years of his life, entitles him to be called the father of Muslim Jurisprudence.

Follower:Parts of the Arabian Peninsula, Kurdistan, Somalia and South East Asia.

Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal: 780-855 AD        

Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, Muslim theologian, jurist, and martyr for his faith. He was the compiler of the Traditions (Musnad) of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) and formulator of the Hanbali, the most strictly traditionalist of the four orthodox Islamic schools of law. His doctrine influenced such noted followers as the 13^th -14^th century theologian Ibn Taymiyah,, the Wahhabiyah, an 18^th-century reform movement, and the Salafiyah, a 19^th-century Egyptian movement rooted in tradition.Followers:  Saudi Arabia and Qatar as well as minority communities in Syria and Iraq.