Discovering Hanafi Law

Discovering Hanafi Law

Discovering Hanafi Law was a special event which was streamed live in June 2022 with the goal of understanding the early transmission of the madhhab, and the concept of the manifest transmissions (zahir al-riwaya). You can subscribe to our YouTube channel for other lectures and new updates!

Dr. Sohail Hanif works on Islamic legal theory, with a focus on the Hanafī school of law. He received a MA and DPhil from the University of Oxford. His doctoral thesis, A Theory of Early Classical Hanafism: Legal Epistemology in the Hidāyah of Burhān al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn Abī Bakr al-Marghīnānī (d. 593/1197), studies the interplay of rationality and tradition in a major work of legal commentary.

Dr. Salman Younas graduated from Stony Brook University with a degree in Political Science and Religious Studies. After completing his undergraduate degree, he moved to the Middle East where he spent half a decade studying Arabic and the traditional Islamic sciences. In 2013, Dr. Salman completed his MA in Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford with honours. He then went on to complete a DPhil in Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford in 2018.