Abu Hanifa Mosque
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 Location in present-day Iraq
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| Basic information | |
| Location |
 Baghdad, Iraq
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| Geographic coordinates | 33°22′20″N 44°21′30″E / 33.372091°N 44.358409°ECoordinates: 33°22′20″N 44°21′30″E / 33.372091°N 44.358409°E |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Branch/tradition | Sunni Islam |
| Leadership |
Imam(s): Sheikh Abd al-Sattar Abd al-Jabbar Sheikh Ahmed Hassan al-Taha |
| Architectural description | |
| Architectural type | Mosque |
| Architectural style | Islamic; Seljuk; Ottoman |
| Date established | c. 985–986 AD / 375 AH |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Interior area | 10,000 m2 (110,000 sq ft) |
| Dome(s) | 4 |
| Minaret(s) | 2 |
| Minaret height | 35 m (115 ft) |
The Abu Hanifa Mosque (Arabic: مسجد أبو حنيفة Masjid abū Ḥanīfah) or (Arabic: مسجد أبي حنيفة Masjid abī Ḥanīfah) also known as (Arabic: جامع الإمام الأعظم Gāmi` al-imām al-aʿẓam) is one of the most prominent Sunni mosques in Baghdad, Iraq.
It is built around the tomb of Abu Hanifah an-Nu'man, often called the "Great Imam" (Al-imām al-aʿẓam), the founder of the Hanafi madhhab or school of Islamic religious jurisprudence. It is in the al-Adhamiyah district of northern Baghdad, which is named after Abu Hanifa's by the name of (Al-imām al-aʿẓam).
Abu Ja'far al-Mansur offered Abu Hanifa to be Qazi al-quzat, the judge of judges, but he refused, which caused him being tortured and put in prison. He was lashed 110 lashes until he agreed. Al-Mansur ordered Abu Hanifa to make fatwas that expand the caliph's authority, which Abu Hanifa disagreed to do, leading him back to prison.
While he was in prison, Abu Hanifa died in 150 AH / 767 AD in Baghdad, either from being poisoned or from old age. He was buried in al-Khayzuran Cemetery, named after al-Khayzuran bint Atta that was buried in it, 23 years after Abu Hanifa was. It was said that his funeral was attended by 50,000 people, and was attended by al-Mansur himself.
During the Buwayhid rule of the Abbasid Caliphate, in 375 AH / 985–986 AD, a medium-sized mosque was built near Abu Hanifa's tomb, by the orders of Samsam al-Dawla. It was said that Abu Jaafar al-Zammam built a hall inside of the mosque in 379 AH.
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