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Imam Abu Hanifa (80 AH – 150 AH), the founder of the Hanafi school of thought, passed away in Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate. His burial place is in the Al-Kadhimiya district of Baghdad, where his shrine, known as the Abu Hanifa Mosque, stands today. He was imprisoned and died there reportedly due to refusing the position of chief judge under Caliph Al-Mansur.

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Imam Abu Hanifa Nu'man ibn Thabit was born in Kufa in 80 AH and spent most of his life there as a scholar and jurist. He is one of the four great Imams of Sunni jurisprudence, and his school (Hanafi) is the most widely followed in the Muslim world today. His tomb in Baghdad has been a site of visitation for centuries and is located in a mosque named after him.

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