Aboe Hanifah (English: “Abu Hanifah (Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Islamic legal school whose interpretation the Atjehers invoke to hold valid Friday services with fewer than the forty worshippers required by the Sjafi’i school.
Translation
Abu Hanifah (Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence)
Description
Islamic legal school whose interpretation the Atjehers invoke to hold valid Friday services with fewer than the forty worshippers required by the Sjafi’i school.
Significance
The term Aboe Hanifah is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 349.