Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nuʿmān b. Thābit b. Zūṭā b. Marzubān (c. September 5, 699 - June 14, 767) was known as Abū Ḥanīfa, or as Imam Abū Ḥanīfa by Sunni Muslims. He was an 8th-century Iraqi Sunni Muslim theologian and jurist. 