#1: A Concise Biography of Imam Abu Hanifah ||  

@Al Madrasatu Al Umariyyah . Pls tell as Biography of imam Bukhari

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Didn’t he literally just mention about not taking money from the people and finding ways to support yourself by not selling the deen? And at the end of the video you’re telling people to go to support your Patreon account by paying for lessons. Allahu akbar maybe you should start selling cotton like Abu haneefah

جزاك الله خيراً يا أخي الكريم

@@tankodestranger واياك

Thank you Shaykh I learned so much for this talk

Subhanallah

yes please, especially whos name are repeating in the books of tafaseer

facts

Search up hasan al basri dar pdfs

Ameen

Ameen sunma Ameen

Allahu Ameen

Waalaikumasalam warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

Aameeen

Than realised, why shorter introduction when compared to other imams

If you wrote your comment in english than I assume you speak english. So what seems to be the issue??

@@NasirIsmailAwad lol

He’s also Persian. Abu Hanifa, Imam Muslim, Bukhari, Imam Al Ghazali, and so many more, but everyone wants differ this, but it’s true jus ask todays scholars

We cant be like them as the prophet said the best generations are his then then salaf and we are not part of the salaf neither did we meet the sahabah as Abu Hanifa did neither were we exposed to the Living Sunnah of Madinah as Maalik was

He is bragging LoL

There are lectures he's done on the topic you are requesting. If you look in his AMAU channel and type the hanafi school or Shafi school, Maliki school and Hanbali school you'll find a lecture on all of them

@@abdulhye0791 - Jazakumullah Khayran

All the Imams followed the Salaf. Imam Abu Hanifa was not a Hanafi nor were the other Imams Shafees or Maliki’s of Hanbalies. They all did their best to follow the Salaf.

Do you follow Abu hanifa Rh in aqeedah??

Ustad how is it you made the biography of eldest imam the shortest compared to the other 3 imams , I hope you have not shortchanged him with your eloquent language

@@ibmsulaymani well said it brother

@@qm6595 There is not one shayck that can be compared to Abu Hanifa except Imam Jafar Al Sadiq. Let alone the shayks of this time. And Abu Hanifa was from the Tabien.

Are you a sufi?

May Allah curse you for your hatred of our beloved Imam Abu Hanifa (RH)

No

It is authentic

Lol

no need to say that my bro dont cause division, have love rememeber one ummah.

The area deoband has some people who are fine . No need to go after a whole people

Walaykummuslam

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@@nolackin3801 jazakallahu khairan

@@maeenmazhar1146 Wa iyaak

Salaam akhee, I just watched the episode on imaam ash-shaafi'ee and, yes, it is longer but he digressed a lot so it wasn't entirely on the imaam.

Salaam, around 11:12, in Arabic: " تعلوه السمرة" which could be translated as "browness got the better of him". Before that he said he was very handsome... there is no "handsome.. but being dark" in the Arabic nor did the brother say that. Listen to it carefully again bro.

@@aldillion9 still confused , not going to lie

@@AkiimboGaming1 confused about what??? Our beloved Imaam, Abu Hanifah, was brown-skinned... so? Our beloved companion Bilal was black-skinned, so??? Bro, stop focussing on pigmentation. Yes, I agree some of us (Muslims and non-Muslims) have used expressions like "although he is black/dark, he is handsome" (an example from amongst my close relatives) we shouldn't give this much attention. In a place where most people are fair-skinned some would consider darker complexions to be undesirable... but that's their personal choice... nothing wrong with that... Of course, as Muslims, we shouldn't let people feel that way because "All of Allaah's creation is beautiful".

@@aldillion9 akhi you just justified colourism /racism. Im not sure what to tell you. like you mentioned this colorist mentality has crept in to our communities and many practicing brothers and sisters find it difficult to get married etc because of stigma attatched to the colour of their skin. This is just one example of people suffering at the hands of colorism, and i'm not sure we should just have a 'theres nothing wrong with that' mentality. Wallahualam.

@@AkiimboGaming1 bro, bro, bro... choosing to marry a skinny girl, a fat girl, a white girl, a brown/black girl, a peasant girl, an educated girl, a short girl, or whatever criterion people have is THEIR personal choice, taste, liking, or whatever. Don't take that away from them and don't worry about it. Racism or Colorism is a problem when we use this to decide who to hire for a job, who to admit into our college, who to be the Imaam,.... you get my point.

The imams were from the salaf/the first 3 generations whom the prophet honored above all succeeding generations. وخير القرون قرني ثم الذين يلونهم ثم الذين يلونهم... او كما قال عليه الصلاة والسلام. So they clearly have a privilege which we don't.

There were many madhahib, not just these four. For example imam al tabari had his own madhab. However these have died out over time as their followers found the other madhahib to be more correct

Where is your daleel that he wasn't knowledgeable in hadith? I'm sure the salaf were aware that one has to be strong in hadith to be called a faqih, and yet the likes of Ibn ul Mubarak (teacher of Imām Al-Bukhāri) would call him the greatest faqih of the people. Ustādh clarified the issue of some of the salaf criticising Imām Abu Hanifa and how they were baseless. Perhaps you missed this. جزى الله طالبي الحق خيرا وزادهم علما

@@hisiwisi ibn al Mubarak retracted his statements about Abu Hanifa then later refuted him and this is well know ibn al Mubarak retracted. As for Bukhari he also refuted Abu Hanifa and called him a Murji. And he refuted him in his saheeh in the book of حيل.

@@sufyanalthawri1257 Abdullah ibn Mubarak was hanafi. Died as Hanafi in fiqh Imam Bukhari was hanafi then he later changed his madhab to shafii.

@@studenta4625 Abdullah ibn al mubarak wa NEVER a hanafi he took knowledge from him when he was young however when he grew in knowledge he relaised his misguidence and openly refuted him and he also refuted him a week or so before he died rahimahu Allah

@@sufyanalthawri1257 do you seek knowledge solely to refute and degrade Imam Abu Hanifa? Didn't the other guy exposed you? You are arrogant to accept your knowledge which you thought was true was actually false. I am a muqallid , I don't know arabic. I cannot verify sanad/isnad nor I can provide referencesfor every claim I make. Go read the comments of that other guy (May Allah bless him and forgive him) and check it's sanad. Take the opinions of sheikhs you believe in, ibn taymiyyah, ibn jawzi , ibn qayyim May Allah have mercy on them all. I follow Imam Abu Hanifa in fiqh. Peace.

Brother the main problem is if your main income is from teaching the people or you are trying to be rich out of it. But as a teacher of the Quran, I've seen that the kids of the families that pay me money are always more diligent and benefit the most from me because the parents think they are investing in there kids so they help the kids with there homework. Positively speaking, I don't think they earn enough from online teaching but rather just enough to maintain their channel and spreading the deen.

He should repent and do much more good deeds......if the person is not caught in the act he doesn't have to report himself. He should feel remorse, repent from the sin and plan to never do it again.

That goes against all the other shaykhs

But grew up with Arabs and spoke only Arabic.

@@everythingandroidois Technically that would be impossible considering he was born to persian speaking parents and would've spoken to them in their language growing up

@@lavidaloca744 I don't really care much, but I just wanted to point out what I have heard, if you have a source please feel free. The only problem I have is when individuals try to lower his status because he was Persian or speaking Persian even though I have heard he only spoke Arabic and was born and died in current day Iraq region.

@@everythingandroidois im in no way lowering his status because he was a Persian, infact i am giving him double credit for being a non arab and learning, studying arabic. Him and many other great scholars like Imam Bukhari, Imam Muslim, Ibn Tabari learnt arabic worked so hard for Islam. They deserve more respect

@@lavidaloca744 JazakAllahu Khayr.

On the contrary, we find Ustadh's use of Arabic terminologies and reading in Arabic a great aid in improving our understanding and fluency of the Arabic language, alhamdulillaah!

@Abdul Rehman Shaikh he memorized these statements in Arabic and likely has to repeat them before translating them

@Abdul Rehman Shaikh the Arabic is fine it's helping me alhumdulillah.

They are basically all from Quraish. You can see the list of the Caliphs and also their family tree's.

@@gravelkid9136 can you basically or even better ask your priests and scholars to provide that list of 12 personalities?

This is the different definition of Iman

Not true

I do hope you can explain to the weakness in these ahadeeth Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi narrates: ‘Abd al-Baqi ibn ‘Abd al-Karim al-Mu’addib informed me: ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Umar al-Khallal reported to us: Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ya‘qub ibn Shaybah narrated to us: my grandfather narrated to us: Ya‘qub ibn Ahmad narrated to me: I heard al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali say: I heard Yazid ibn Harun when a man asked him, “O Abu Khalid! Who is the best in fiqh from those you have seen?” say, “Abu Hanifah.” Al-Hasan said: I asked Abu ‘Asim al-Nabil, “Is Abu Hanifah a better faqih or Sufyan (al-Thawri)?” He said, “The slave of Abu Hanifah is a better faqih than Sufyan!” Tarikh Baghdad 15:468 Dr. Bashshar ‘Awwad Ma‘ruf comments, “Its isnad ishasan.” Needless to say, Abu ‘Asim al-Nabil’s statement is not to be taken literally, but exaggarates the excellence in fiqh of Abu Hanifah over even Sufyan al-Thawri. Al-Khatib narrates: Qadi Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Simnani reported to us: Isma‘il ibn al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali al-Bukhari al-Zahid reported to us: Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Sa‘d ibn Nasr narrated to us: ‘Ali ibn Musa al-Qummi narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Sa‘dan narrated to me: I heard Abu Sulayman al-Juzjani say: I heard Hammad ibn Zayd say: I intended [to go for] Hajj so I came to Ayyub [al-Sakhtiyani] to bid him farewell, so he said to me: “It has reached me the pious man, the faqih of the Kufans, meaning Abu Hanifah, is performing Hajj this year, so when you meet him, convey to him my salutations.” Tarikh Baghdad 15:467 Dr. Bashshar ‘Awwad Ma‘ruf comments, “Its isnad is hasan.” Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi narrates: Al-Khallal informed us: al-Hariri reported to us that al-Nakha‘i narrated to them: ‘Umar ibn Shihab al-‘Abdi narrated to us: Jandal ibn Waliq narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Bishr narrated to me: He said: I would frequent Abu Hanifah and Sufyan. I came to Abu Hanifah and he said to me, “From where did you come?” I said: “From the company of Sufyan.” He said: “Indeed you have come from the company of the man, that if ‘Alqamah and al-Aswad were present, they would need the like of him.” Then I came to Sufyan and he said to me, “From where did you come?” I said, “From the company of Abu Hanifah.” He said, “Indeed, you have come from the company of the best faqih from the inhabitants of earth (afqahi ahl al-ard).” Tarikh Baghdad 15:471 Dr. Bashshar ‘Awwad Ma‘ruf, the editor of Tarikh Baghdad comments, “Its isnad is sahih, and its narrators are trustworthy (thiqat).”

Sufyan ath-Thawri disparaged Abu Hanifa at the time of his death, think him to be Mubtadi, but later changed his views Hafiz Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr narrates: ‘Abd al-Warith narrated to us: Qasim narrated to us: Ahmad ibn Zuhayr narrated to us: Yahya ibn Ma‘in narrated to us: ‘Ubayd ibn Abi Qurrah narrated to us from Yahya ibn Durays, he said: I was present with Sufyan al-Thawri when a man of great knowledge and piety came to him, and he said: “O Abu ‘Abd Allah! What do you have against Abu Hanifah?” He said: “And what does he have?” He said: I heard him [i.e. Abu Hanifah] say a statement in which there is balance and proof: Indeed I take [legal opinions] from the Book of Allah when I find it. That which I do not find therein, I take from the Sunnah of Allah’s Messenger and the authentic narrations from him which have spread between the hands of trustworthy people from trustworthy people. If I do not find it in the Book of Allah, nor the Sunnah of Allah’s Messenger, I take the opinion of his companions, [adopting the opinion of] whoever [of them] I wish, and I leave the opinion of whoever [of them] I wish. Moreover, I do not leave their opinion for another’s opinion. If the [legal] issue reaches [only] to Ibrahim, al-Sha‘bi, al-Hasan, ‘Ata, Ibn Sirin, Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyab - and he enumerated [other] men - then, [they are] a people who performed ijtihad, so I may perform ijtihad just as they performed ijtihad. Imam Abu Hanifah quoted in al-Intiqa’ Thereupon, Sufyan remained silent for a long period, and then he said some words of which there remained none in the gathering but he wrote them: “We hear harshness in speech and we fear it. We hear softness and we desire it. We do not judge the living; nor do we judge the dead. We accept what we hear. And we entrust what we do not know to its knower, and we put our opinion in doubt in favour of their opinion.” (Al-Intiqa’ fi Fada’il al-A’immati l-Thalathat al-Fuqaha’, pp. 264-5) This sanad is authentic: ‘Abd al-Warith ibn Sufyan al-Qurtubi (d. 395) is thiqah according to al-Dhahabi in Siyar A’lam al-Nubala (Misbah al-Arib 2:297); al-Qasim ibn Asbagh al-Qurtubi (247 - 340) was called “the great hafiz” and “the muhaddith of Cordoba” by al-‘Asqalani and is saduq(Lisan al-Mizan (6:367-8); Ahmad ibn Zuhayr ibn Harb (d. 299) is thiqah according to al-Daraqutni and Khatib; ‘Ubayd ibn Abi Qurrah is a shaykh of Ahmad ibn Hanbal and is thiqah according to Ya‘qub ibn Shaybah and Yahya ibn Ma‘in (Tarikh Baghdad 12:386-9); Yahya ibn al-Durays (d. 203) is a narrator of Muslim, and is thiqah according to Ibn Ma‘in (Tahrir al-Taqrib 4:89).

All this rubbish is not necessary...... Have you read his works? Do you know his scholars? Do you know his students? The muta'akkhiroon that took from his works??? No one criticizes Abu Hanifahs contributions in fiqh of the deen......and no one is perfect!! sure, he can be criticized in many things bcos he ain't perfect. The other great fuqaha are also criticized one or the other.......but no way can you say he is not of the salafus-salih.

The scholars made ijmaa on declaring him to be weak? Is Yahya bin Saeed al-Qattan not part of the ijmaa? Is not ash-Shafi and Malik? What about ath-Thawri or Bin Uyaiynah or Ibn Ul-Mubarak?

The Imam Adh-Dhahabi mentioned in his biography of the Imam Dirar ibn Sard said, Yazid ibn Harun was asked, ‘Who is a greater faqih, al-Thawri or Abu Hanifah?’ He replied, ‘Abu Hanifah was a greater faqih and Sufyan was greater in remembering hadith.’ Ibn al-Mubarak said, ‘Abu Hanifah was the greatest faqih among the people.’ Al-Shafi‘i said, ‘People are children to Abu Hanifah in fiqh.’ Yazid said, ‘I never saw anyone more god fearing and more intelligent than Abu Hanifah.’ Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Qasim ibn Mihraz narrated from Yahya ibn Ma‘in who said, ‘There is no issue with him; he was not accused of anything. Yazid ibn ‘Umar ibn Hubayrah imposed on him to take up the judiciary but he refused to be qadi.’ Abu Dawud (may Allah mercy him) said, ‘Imam Abu Hanifah was an imam.’ “Bishr ibn al-Walid narrates from Abu Yusuf who said, ‘I was walking with Abu Hanifah when a man said to another, “This is Abu Hanifah, he does not sleep at night.” Imam Abu Hanifah said, “I swear by Allah, people do not speak of me regarding that which I have not done.” He used to keep awake the night in prayer, du‘a and supplication.’ I (Imam Hafiz al-Dhahabi) say: I have devoted a chapter to the virtues of this imam. He died in Rajab, 150AH. May Allah be pleased with him.” You said Yahya bin main didn’t praise Abu Hanifa apart from saying he is not a liar But Adh-Dhahabi records differently ““Muhammad Sa‘d al-‘Uwfi said, I heard Yahya ibn Ma‘in say, ‘Abu Hanifah was reliable (thiqah), he did not narrate a hadith except that which he remembered and did not narrate that which he did not.’ “Salih ibn Muhammad said, I heard Yahya ibn Ma‘in say, ‘Abu Hanifah was reliable in hadith.’ Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Qasim ibn Mihraz narrated from Ibn Ma‘in, ‘There is nothing wrong with Abu Hanifah.’ And he said once, ‘He is according to us from among the people of truth and was never accused of lying. Ibn Hubayrah imposed on him to take up the judiciary, but he refused to be a qadi…’

Have some respect, don't adress the sheik as "Sir"....where is your manners akhi??

@@NasirIsmailAwad it's a simple Question okay.. I am not a Muqalid.. If people can ask Question to Khalifa Hazrat Umar RA then why we can't to any sheikh???

@@NasirIsmailAwad no one in companion recited whole Quran in Two Rakat .. then how can a Tabae Tabi.. At least make calculation of time period .. there are 30 para..

@@NasirIsmailAwad and most importantly what is bad to call some one as SIR.??

@@hamidaliyzp7892 Uthman Ibn Affan رضي الله عنه did complete it (search it up)

It seems you haven't read any books for you to quote those names provide the proof ? Fear Allah because Imam Malik, Imam Shafa'ee and Imam Ahmad all spoke highly so stop spreading lies ...

@@ridwanalikaram2807 I have those books . I have read them. You also can check them. Because PDF file of those books are available on internet. In this digital era, it's impossible that someone say something wrong and no one will know that.

@@fitnabaz Stop causing Fitnah. We respect all the Imams. Imam Abu Haneefah, was known to be pious person, never known to back, committed to lengthy worship and a great faqih testified by people, whose school of thought became the most dominant. Lot of these attribution to those Imams are NOT correct, scholars have refuted these and considered to be baseless. Some of those imams studies under students of Abu Haneefah, so if you think he was misguided then why would those imams study under the students of Abu Haneefah??

@@fitnabaz in this digital era, there are lot of biased information too, lot of things gets misrepresented. One needs to do a comprehensive study before pointing figures on the great Imams. The best place to understand about Abu Haneefah's methodology is from his students - Abu Yusuf, Imam Muhammad, Imam Tahawee ( who was a student of Imam Shafi) and so on...

“Don’t exaggerate” He was a great Imam whose madhab has spread to the corners of the earth. Don’t disrespect him for the flesh of Scholars are poisonously The criticism of al-Bukhari and an-Nasai and others are not valid, as it is well known the contemporaries of an individual have more experience about the individual than those who can after. And since the majority of his contemporaries praises him, it is not valid. Also your argument is not that by praising Abu Hanifa the barelvis and others would be encouraged Shall we dispraise Ash-Shafi and Malik too then? Because many of the Ash’aris follow them?(or claim to)

“Tareekh Baghdad” is also filled with praises of the Imām This is what Shaykh ul-Islam had to say regarding the Great Imām Hafiz Ibn Taymiyya writes: “There is no doubt regarding Imam Abu Hanifa’s knowledge. People later attributed many lies to Imam Abu Hanifa, which were all untrue. The aim of such writings was to taint Imam Abu Hanifa” [Ibn Taymiyya, Minhaj as-Sunna An-Nabawiyya, vol.1, page 259]

I will address al-Bukharis criticism of him to dismantle your doubts about him. al-Bukhari has stated: “Imam Abu Hanifa was a Murji’i” [Al-Ta’rikh al-Kabir, under the ‘Biography of Numan ibn Thabit’] Imam al-Bukhari also writes: “When Sufyan ath-Thawri [a great scholar of Islam] heard news about the death of Imam Abu Hanifa, he said: ‘Praise beto Allah that such a man had died as he was gradually destroying Islam. There could not be a worse person born in Islam’ “ [Ta’rikh Saghir, Biography of Imam Abu Hanifa] Imam al-Bukhari also writes: “On two occasions Imam Abu Hanifa was ordered to repent from making blasphemous statements” [al-Bukhari, Kitab ad-Daufa Walmat Rukin; Ibn ‘Abdi’l-Barr, Al-Intiqa] Imam al-Bukhari informs us that he had taken these statements from his tutor Na’im ibn Hamad [Ta’rikh as-Saghir] Imam al-Bukhari was so convinced by his tutor, that he never mentioned or used Imam Abu Hanifa as a reference for his book Sahih al-Bukhari, although whenever he did mention Imam Abu Hanifa he referred to him as ‘Kufi’ (nicknamed from his homeland - Kufa). Before we proceed any further, it is important to refer to one particular accusation against Imam Abu Hanifa - the accusation that he belonged to a deviant sect called the Murji’ites.To answer this, we first need to see what character Imam Abu Hanifa possessed. It is important in responding to this accusation to find out who gave Imam al-Bukhari information regarding Imam Abu Hanifa. Insha’llah, we will demonstrate that he was not a Murji’i and pinpoint from where this false accusation came from. I have mentioned that Na’im ibn Hammad conveyed this information to Imam al-Bukhari but before proceeding any further, let us take note of what Hafiz adh-Dhahabi, Hafiz al-‘Asqalani and Katib al-Baghdadi have written in connection to Na’im ibn Hammad: ” Na’im ibn Hammad was a famous scholar from a region called Marau. He had sight in one eye only. During the later part of his life he went to live in Egypt.At first, he belonged to a sect called the Jahmites, and was an active member. He then later left this sect and wrote a book, which was the first book to use the science of Musnad. These were a compilation of narrations by the Sahaba, which were placed in an alphabetical order, according to whom they had narrated the hadith. During this particular period, the Umma used to question whether the Holy Qur’an was makhluq (created). When this question was put forward to Na’im ibn Hammad he did not give an explanation. He was then sent to prison along side Yaqub Faqia. He died in 228 AH. It was noted that no janaza [funeral prayer] was prayed over him and he was buried without a kaffan [shroud]” [al-Baghdadi, Tadhkirat al-Huffaz; adh-Dhahabi, Tahzib al-Tahzib; al-‘Asqalani and al-Baghdadi, Biography of Na’im ibn Hammad] This is a brief overview of his life and now we shall examine as to what status he held as a scholar.We shall do this by looking at what Hafiz adh-Dhahabi and Hafiz al-‘Asqalani have written, since they compiled together all the works by previous scholars who had written concerning Na’im ibn Hammad. What follows are their accounts: Imam Abu Dawud said: “Na’im ibn Hammad had attributed twenty ahadith to the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) which he in fact had never said, thus being fabricated sayings. Here are two examples of such fabrications: 1) Abu Hurayra reported that: “The Prophet of Islam (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) had said:’A time will come, when if you adhere to ten percent of Allah’s commands you will succeed, and if you leave this ten percent you will die [spiritually, not physically].” The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) had never uttered such words - this is a munkar narration (narrated by a weak reporter that goes against another authentic hadith). 2) Abu Hurayra narrates: “The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) had said: ‘A time will come when my Umma will be split into more than 70 sects.The worst will be those who indulge in qiyas [analogical deduction] in matters of uncertainty’.” Abu Zur’a said: “I asked Imam Yayha ibn Mu’in, ‘Where did Na’im ibn Hammad get this hadith?’He answered that it has no origins and that this is not a hadith but has been invented.”Whatever Na’im ibn Hammad had said about Imam Abu Hanifa were all lies and had no substance.Abu Zur’a said that whenever Nu’aym ibn Hammad would narrate a hadith of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), he would add in his own words in the hadith. Whenever he would narrate a fabricated hadith he would attribute it to the “great Imam of Hadith.” Daraqutni said that whenever Nu’aym used to mention a fabricated hadith, he would do so to support the Sunna. He had a lot of munkar narrations, which other Imams did not have [adh-Dhahabi, Mizan al-I’tidal and Tahzib al-Tahzib; al-‘Asqalani, Biography of Nu’aym ibn Hammad] Imam al-Bukhari took his narrations from Nu’aym ibn Hammad for his book, Sahih al-Bukhari andTa’rikh.Since Nu’aym ibn Hammad received criticism from amongst the Muhaddithin likewise, Imam al-Bukhari also received criticism for his book of Hadith from the scholars of Hadith. This overview concerning the character of Nu’aym ibn Hammad will allow us to understand that he was not a reliable Hadith expert in the eyes of the Scholars of Hadith.Now we shall elaborate upon the statements made by Imam al-Bukhari about Imam Abu Hanifa by noting what the scholars of Hadith had to say concerning him. From this we can demonstrate that Imam al-Bukhari’s Ta’rikh is in no way free from error, nor did it remain uncriticised from Hadith scholars.As a result, it would be unfair to “blindly” accept everything that has been written in it as the absolute Truth. By now, it should have been made obvious that the person that gave Imam Bukhari information regarding Imam Abu Hanifa (i.e. Nu’aym ibn Hammad) was unreliable.The Muhaddithin tell us that he used to make up fabricated hadith of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), and he also made false stories about Imam Abu Hanifa. As we are told not to believe in his narrations, similarly, we should not accept those statements regarding Imam Abu Hanifa, since they are all lies, according to Hafiz adh-Dhahabi and Hafiz al-‘Asqalni. Anyone who has read the the history of Islamic scholarship accepts and understands that criticisms were not only made against Imam Abu Hanifa but were also made against many of the Muhaddithin.The simple principle is that when accusations are made against any of the great scholars of Islam, who have the respect from the majority of the Umma, those accusations are rejected.We shall provide you with some examples:

Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani stated: “Imam al-Bukhari was accused of saying that the Qur’an was makhluq (created) but in reality he was saying the words that we are reciting are makhluq (created).In one meeting a question was posed to Imam al-Bukhari, as to whether the Qur’an is makhluq or not?He replied, ‘Whatever we do is our doing, and our doing is makhluq.’When the ‘ulema heard about this everyone ceased to communicate to him, except for Imam Muslim and Ahmad Salma.However, Imam Muslim stopped taking any narrations from Imam al-Bukhari. Imam Muhammad ibn Yahya (who was the teacher of both Imam Muslim and Imam al-Bukhari) was also against Imam al-Bukhari on this issue.He then wrote many letters to various scholars informing them about Imam Bukhari’s belief of the Qur’an.The result of this was that wherever Imam al-Bukhari travelled the people would always harass him.Imam al-Bukhari prayed to Allah that He would take his soul into the next life.As a result from the fear of the scholars, Imam al-Bukhari never clarified his stance to the scholars of Khurasan as to whether the Qur’an was makhluq or not” [al-‘Asqalani, Tahzib al-Tahzib] From this incident, you can see that Imam al-Bukhari implied onething, but what people understood it to be was something else. It went so far that Imam al-Bukhari made du’a for himself,”O Allah, take me away from this world” - and Allah accepted his du’a and he passed away. Both Hafiz al-‘Asqalani and Hafiz Ibn Kathir have mentioned this in their books. The same happened to Imam Abu Hanifa: he used to say one thing and the Khawarij and Mutazilites interpreted it as a completely different thing. Another accusation is reported by Hafiz al-‘Asqalani, who writes: “Imam al-Bukhari also had another teacher whose name was Ibn al-Madini.Imam al-Bukhari used to attend his classes [Kitab al-Ilal] from which Ibn al-Madini used to teach from a book.This book was very precious to him and he would not allow anyone to come near it.One day Ibn al-Madini went to visit some of his property and Imam al-Bukhari saw this as an opportunity to obtain the book.He went to Ibn al-Madini’s son and persuaded him with some money to part with the book for a short while.Once Imam al-Bukhari received the book he took it to be copied hastily. By the time Ibn al-Madini had returned, Imam al-Bukhari had returned the book.When classes resumed and Ibn al-Madini began to read from the book, he asked a question to his students.Before he finished the question, Imam al-Bukhari had already produced the correct answer [which was from his book]. Ibn al- Madini then realized that Imam al-Bukhari had seen the contents of his book.The shock of this behavior from Imam al-Bukhari sent Ibn al-Madini into a state of illness, from which he later died.” After writing this account Hafiz Ibn Al al-‘Asqalani said that he did not believe it and then he gave the reason.He said that this was against the status of Imam al-Bukhari [al-‘Asqalani, Tahzib al-Tahzib, under “Life History of Imam al-Bukhari”] What now? Shall we disparage al-Bukhari because some misguided people misunderstand him? Of course not! Let’s be consistent here

Let us bring some praises Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi narrates: Al-Khallal informed us: al-Hariri reported to us that al-Nakha‘i narrated to them: ‘Umar ibn Shihab al-‘Abdi narrated to us: Jandal ibn Waliq narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Bishr narrated to me: He said: I would frequent Abu Hanifah and Sufyan. I came to Abu Hanifah and he said to me, “From where did you come?” I said: “From the company of Sufyan.” He said: “Indeed you have come from the company of the man, that if ‘Alqamah and al-Aswad were present, they would need the like of him.” Then I came to Sufyan and he said to me, “From where did you come?” I said, “From the company of Abu Hanifah.” He said, “Indeed, you have come from the company of the best faqih from the inhabitants of earth (afqahi ahl al-ard).” Tarikh Baghdad 15:471 Dr. Bashshar ‘Awwad Ma‘ruf, the editor of Tarikh Baghdad comments, “Its isnad is sahih, and its narrators are trustworthy (thiqat).” Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi narrates: Al-Khallal informed us: al-Hariri reported to us that al-Nakha‘i narrated to them: Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn ‘Affan narrated to us: Abu Kurayb narrated to us: I heard ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak say [here, al-Khatib mentions a second chain for the same narration]: “I saw the most pious of people, the most scrupulous of people, the most learned of people, and the best faqih of people. As for the most pious of people, [he is] ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Abi Rawwad; as for the most scrupulous of people, [he is] al-Fudayl ibn ‘Iyad; as for the most learned of people, [he is] Sufyan al-Thawri; and as for the best faqih of people, [he is] Abu Hanifah.” Then he said “I have not seen the like of him in fiqh. Tarikh Baghdad 15:469 Dr. Bashshar ‘Awwad Ma‘ruf comments, “Its isnad is sahih.” Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi narrates: Abu Nu‘aym the Hafiz reported to us: Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn ‘Ali narrated to us: Abu ‘Arubah al-Harrani narrated to us: I heard Salamah ibn Shabib say: I heard ‘Abd al-Razzaq say: I heard Ibn al-Mubarak say: If anyone has the right to issue [a legal verdict] using his opinion, Abu Hanifah has the right to issue [a legal verdict] using his opinion. Tarikh Baghdad 15:471 Dr. Bashshar ‘Awwad Ma‘ruf comments, “The isnad of this report is sahih, and its narrators are trustworthy.” Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi narrates: Al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mu’addal reported to us: ‘Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Razi narrated to us: Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Za’farani narrated to us: Ahmad ibn Zuhayr narrated to us: Al-Walid ibn Shuja’ narrated to us: ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Shaqiq narrated to us: ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak would say: When [the opinions] of these two, meaning al-Thawri and Abu Hanifah, converge on something, that is strong. Tarikh Baghdad 15:470 Dr. Bashshar ‘Awwad Ma‘ruf comments, “Its isnad is sahih, and its narrators are trustworthy.” Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi narrates: ‘Abd al-Baqi ibn ‘Abd al-Karim al-Mu’addib informed me: ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Umar al-Khallal reported to us: Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ya‘qub ibn Shaybah narrated to us: my grandfather narrated to us: Ya‘qub ibn Ahmad narrated to me: I heard al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali say: I heard Yazid ibn Harun when a man asked him, “O Abu Khalid! Who is the best in fiqh from those you have seen?” say, “Abu Hanifah.” Al-Hasan said: I asked Abu ‘Asim al-Nabil, “Is Abu Hanifah a better faqih or Sufyan (al-Thawri)?” He said, “The slave of Abu Hanifah is a better faqih than Sufyan!” Tarikh Baghdad 15:468 Dr. Bashshar ‘Awwad Ma‘ruf comments, “Its isnad ishasan.” Needless to say, Abu ‘Asim al-Nabil’s statement is not to be taken literally, but exaggarates the excellence in fiqh of Abu Hanifah over even Sufyan al-Thawri.

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