Hanifa (حنيفة) is an

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

given name, the feminine form of

Hanif In Islam, the terms (; , ) and (; ) are primarily used to refer to pre-Islamic Arabians who were Abrahamic monotheists. Muslims regard these people favorably for shunning Arabian polytheism and instead solely worshipping the God of Abraha ...

, which means "incline" (to the right religion, i.e.

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

). It may refer to: *

Abu Hanifa Abu Hanifa (; September 699 CE – 767 CE) was a Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, ascetic,Pakatchi, Ahmad and Umar, Suheyl, "Abū Ḥanīfa", in: ''Encyclopaedia Islamica'', Editors-in-Chief: Wilferd Madelung and, Farhad Daftary. and epony ...

(699–767), founder of

Hanafi The Hanafi school or Hanafism is the oldest and largest Madhhab, school of Islamic jurisprudence out of the four schools within Sunni Islam. It developed from the teachings of the Faqīh, jurist and theologian Abu Hanifa (), who systemised the ...

school of jurisprudence * V. M. C. Haneefa (1951-2010), Indian actor *

Hənifə Hənifə () is a village and municipality in the Balakan District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 5,571. The municipality consists of the villages of Hənifə, Böyüktala, Məlikzadə, Cincartala, Gülüzənbinə, and Göyəmtala. Not ...

, Azerbaijan *

Hanifa Abdullayev Hanifa Mammadagha oghlu Abdullayev (; 7 February 1923 – 13 March 1991) was an Azerbaijani hematologist who served as the Minister of Healthcare of the Azerbaijan SSR from 1970 to 1979. Biography Hanifa Mammadaga oglu Abdullayev was born on ...

(1923-1991), Azerbaijani hematologist and health minister *

Hanifa Deen Hanifa Deen is an Australian writer, of Pakistani ancestry. She won the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethnic Affairs Commission Award in 1996, and her book, ''The Jihad Seminar'', was short-listed for the 2008 Human Rights Awards ...

, Australian writer *

Hanifa Yousoufi Hanifa Yousoufi became the first Afghan woman to summit her country's highest peak Mount Noshaq, at a height of 24,580 ft (7,492 meters). She achieved this feat on August 10, 2018, as part of a month-long expedition organised and funded bAs ...

(born 1995), Afghan mountaineer *

Hanifa Mavlianova Hanifa Muhiddinovna Mavlianova (, ; 30 January 1924 – 24 October 2010) was a Soviet and Tajik soprano opera and concert singer, born in Leninabad (today Khujand), Tajikistan. She graduated from the musical college in her home town in 1936. From ...

(1924-2010), Russian singer

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