Al-Qadi al-Nu'man

An- Numan was the founder of the Ismaili school of law under the Fatimids.

Abu Hanifa Numan ibn Muhammad at - at- Tamimi / أبو حنيفة النعمان بن محمد التميمي / Abu Hanifah an- Nu ʿ mān b. Muhammad at- Tamimi was the son of malik matic jurists from Sousse in Ifriqiya, but went over to Ismailia of the Fatimids. A career began at - Numan still under Abdallah al -Mahdi (reigned 910-934 ) in which he was employed as a collector and copyist of books. Under Ismail al - Mansur (reigned 946-953 ), he was first to the Qadi to Tripoli and after the suppression of the Abu Yazid uprising to Chief Justice in Ifriqiya and appointed head of the Fatimid mission. In this role he was also from Abu Tamim al - Muizz (reigned 953-975 ) was confirmed.

An- Numan began an extensive literary activity. So he wrote a collection of sayings of the Imams to Shia law ( al - Idah "The Pillars of Islam "). This was soon to become the authoritative work for the Ismaili law. Then there was the Ismailis following seven requirements: the recognition of the true Imam, the cultic purity, the ritual prayer, alms tax, the fast of Ramadan, pilgrimage to Mecca and use in the jihad.

Through this and other writings justified to Numan the Ismaili school of law belongs to the six most significant addition to the four Sunni and Twelver school of law legal traditions of Islam.