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Practice these MCQs in the appQuick fact: The book attributed to Imam Abu Hanifa is Kitab al-Athar.
Kitab al-Athar is a foundational work of Hanafi jurisprudence compiled by Imam Abu Yusuf and Imam Muhammad al-Shaybani, the foremost students of Imam Abu Hanifa. It preserves the legal opinions, hadith narrations, and rulings of Imam Abu Hanifa. The other options belong to different scholars: Al-Muwatta is by Imam Malik, Kitab al-Umm is by Imam Shafi'i, and Musnad Ahmad is by Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal.
Imam Abu Hanifa (699–767 CE) was the founder of the Hanafi school of thought, the oldest and one of the most widely followed schools in Sunni Islam. Although he did not personally write many books, his teachings were preserved by his students, most notably in Kitab al-Athar. The Hanafi school is known for its emphasis on reasoning (ra'y) and analogy (qiyas) alongside the Quran and Hadith.
