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Abdullah b. Mas’ud (d. 32 AH)
The Sahabi Abdullah b. Mas'ud RA passes away in Madinah. Amongst the mukaththirun (those who issues many fatwas). He was one of the primary teachers of Kufa.
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Abu Hanifah (d. 150 AH)
Abu Hanifah Nu'man b. Thabit RH (80 - 150 AH; age 70) .
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Abdullah b. Mubarak (d. 181 AH)
Abdullah b. Muabarak Marwazi (118 - 181 AH).
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Abu Yusuf (d. 182 AH)
Abu Yusuf Yaqub b. Ibrahim RH (113 - 182 AH; age 69).
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Muhammad b. Hasan Shaybani (d. 189 AH)
Muhammad b. Hasan Shaybani RH (131 - 189 AH; age 58). Prominent Hanafi Jurist, muhaddith, linguist and the author of the Zahir Riwayat. Student of Imams Abu Hanifah, Abu Yusuf and Malik. He was the teacher of Imam Shafi'i.
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Abu Jafar Tahawi (d. 321 AH)
Abu Jafar Ahmad b. Muhammad Tahawi (229 - 321 AH). Faqih and Muhaddith.
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Hakim Shahid (d. 334 AH)
Hakim Abu Fadl Muhammad b. Muhammad Marwazi Sulami Balkhi Shahid (334 AH). One of the leading hanafi scholars of his time. His works include the classical hanafi manual al-Kafi.
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Abu Layth Samarqandi (d. 373)
Abu Layth Naṣr b. Muḥammad Samarqandi (d. 373 or 393). Hanafi faqih and Mufassir. He authored Baḥr al-Quran, Bustān al-ʿĀrifīn and Tanbiḥ al-Ghafilīn.
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Abu Husayn Quduri (d. 428)
Abu Husayn Ahmad b. Muhammad Quduri (326 - 428 AH). Leading Hanafi of Iraq and the author of Mukhtasar Quduri.
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Shams al-Aimmah Sarakhsi (d. 483 AH)
Shams al-Aimmah Muhammad b. Ahmad Sarakhsi (399 - 483 AH). Hanafi faqih and Muhaddith. The author of Mabsut and Usul Sarakhsi.
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Alauddin Samarqandi (d. 540 AH)
Alauddin Muhammad b. Ahmad Samarqandi (450 - 540 AH). Hanafi Faqih and Usuli. Author of Tuhfatul Fuqaha - one of the reliable matn on Hanafi fiqh.
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Alauddin Kasani (d. 587 AH)
Alauddin Abu Bakr b. Masud Kasani RA (587 AH). One of the great later Hanafi Jurists. Author of the authoritative commentary Bada'i al-Sana'i.
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Qadi Khan (d. 592 AH)
Fakhruddin Hasan b. Mansur Qadi Khan Farghani (592 AH). The notable hanafi mufti and author of the famed Fatawa Qadhi Khan.
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Burhanuddin Marghinani (d. 593 AH)
Burhan al-Din Marghinani (511 - 593 AH). Hanafi faqih and author the classical text Hidayah.
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Ibn Sā’ātī (d. 694 AH)
Muzaffar al-Din Ahmad b. Ali b. Tha'lab (d. 694). Commonly known as Ibn Sā'ātī. Hanafi Faqih and Usuli. Author of famed hanafi matn Majma' al-Bahrayn wa Multaqa al-Nahrayn and the usul work Bad' al-Nizām.
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Abu Barakat Nasafi (d. 710 AH)
Abu Barakat Abdullah b. Ahmad Nasafi. Hanafi faqih, usuli and mufassir. He is the author of classical texts such as Kanz al-Daqa'iq and Manar al-Anwar.
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Sadr al-Shariah Asghar (d. 747 AH)
Sadr al-Shariah Asghar (d. 747). Hanafi Faqih and Usuli Author of famed hanafi mutn Nuqayah and Sharh Wiqayah, as well as the usul, works, Tanqih and Tawdhih
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Badaruddin Ayni (d. 855 AH)
Badaruddin Mahmud b. Ahmad Ayni (762 – 855 AH). Muhaddith, Hanafi judge and grammarian.
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Birgawi (d. 981 AH)
Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Pīr ʿAlī al-Birgawī. 929 - 981 AH (27 March 1522 – 15 March 1573 CE)
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Abdul Aziz Dihlawi (d. 1239 AH)
Shah Abdul Aziz b. Walilullah Dihlawi (1159 - 1239; age 80).
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Ibn Abidin Shami (d. 1252)
Muhammmad Amin Ibn Abidīn Shami (1198-1252)
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Rashid Ahmad Gangohi (d. 1323)
Mufti Rashid Ahmad Gangohi (1244 -1323 AH). One of the founders of Darul Uloom Deoband.
