Imam Abu Hanifah (ra)
The book Qamoos al-alam states: Al-Imam al-azam Abu Hanifa's name was
Numan. His father's name was Thabit. His grandfather's name was Numan,
too. He was the first of the four great imams of the Ahl as-Sunnah Wal
Jama'ah. 'Imam' means 'profoundly learned scholar.' He was one of the
main pillars of the brilliant religion of Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wa Sallam). He was a descendant of a Persian notable. His grandfather
had embraced Islam. He was born in Kufa in 80 (698 A.D.). He was born
early enough to see Anas ibn Malik, 'Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa, Sahl ibn
Sad as-Sa'idi and Abu al-Fadl Amir ibn Wasila, four Sahaabis
(Radi-Allahu ta'ala anhum). He learned 'ilm al-fiqh from Hammad ibn
Abi Sulaiman. He enjoyed the companionship of many notables of the
Tabi'een, and of Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (Rahimahu Allahu Ta'ala). He
memorized innumerable Ahadith. He was brought up so as to become a
great judge, but he became an imam al-madhhab. He had a superior, and
amazingly keen intellect. In 'ilm al-fiqh, he attained an unequalled
grade in a short time. His name and fame became worldwide.
Yazid ibn 'Amr, Governor of Iraq during the time of Marana ibn
Muhammad, the fourteenth and last Umayyad Halifax, who was a grandson
of Marwaan ibn Hakam (Rahimahu Allahu Ta'ala) and was killed five
years after assuming the caliphate in Egypt in 132 (750 A.D.),
proposed to Abu Hanifa (Rahimahu Allahu Ta'ala) to become a judge for
the law-court of Kufa. But, since he had as much zuhd, taqwa and wara'
as he had knowledge and intellect, he refused it. He was afraid of not
being able to safeguard human rights because of human weaknesses. With
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Yazid ibn Harun said, "I studied under a thousand 'ulama'. Among them
I did not see anyone who had as much wara' as Abu Hanifa did or who
was as wise as Abu Hanifa (Rihimahu Allahu Ta'ala)." Muhammad ibn
Yusuf ash-Shafi'i, one of the Damascene 'ulama', praises al-Imam
al-azam Abu Hanifa much, explains his superiority in detail, and says
that he is the leader of all mujtahideen in his book Uqud al-jaman fi
manaqibi'n-Numan. Al-Imam al-azam Abu Hanifa said, "We esteem and love
Rasulullah's ('alaihi 's-salam) Ahadith above all. We search for the
words of the Sahaabat al-kiraam, choose and adopt them. As for the
words of the Tabi’een, they are like our words. Translation from the
book Radd-i Wahhabi ends here. This book was printed in India and in
Istanbul, in 1264 (1848 A.D.) and in 1401 (1981 A.D.), respectively.
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