In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Only those of His learned servants fear God
Lives of the Four Imams
Four walks full of beauty and majesty
Carefully summarized
From the great book
Biographies of noble figures
By Imam Al-Dhahabi, may God have mercy on him
Prepared by Sheikh Muhammad Al-Muhanna
May God protect him
Imam Abu Hanifa, may God have mercy on him
The religious jurist and scholar of Iraq
Imam Abu Hanifa
Al-Numan bin Thabit Al-Taymi Al-Kufi
Mawla of Banu Taim Allah ibn Tha'labah
It is said that he is a descendant of Persians
He was born in the year eighty
In the lives of young companions
Not a single word was confirmed from him about any of them
And Anas bin Malik, may God be pleased with him, saw it
When Malkufa came to him
Narrated on the authority of Ata bin Abi Rabah
He is his oldest and best sheikh, according to what he said
On the authority of Hammad bin Abi Suleiman
And he has jurisprudence
And about the popular
And Nafi’ Mawla bin Omar
Qatada and Asim bin Bahdala
And Muhammad bin Al-Mankadir
And Hisham bin Urwa
He created others
He even narrated on the authority of Shaiban the grammarian
He is younger than him
On the authority of Malik bin Anas
He is also younger than him
And I am interested in requesting antiquities
And he journeyed into it
As for jurisprudence and scrutiny of opinion and its ambiguities
To Him is the end
People depend on him for that
Many things happened about him
Our Sheikh Abu Al-Hajjaj Al-Mizzi mentioned them in his Tahdheeb
Ibrahim bin Tahman
Khorasan world
And Hamza Al-Zayat
He is one of his peers
And Abu Asim Al-Nabil
And Abdul Razzaq
Ali bin Mushar Al-Qadi
It's a thing
Yazid bin Harun
Judge Abu Youssef
And his son Hammad bin Abi Hanifa
Ismail bin Hammad bin Abi Hanifa said
My grandfather was born Abu Hanifa
Al-Numan bin Thabit
In the year eighty
His father Thabet went to Ali, may God be pleased with him
And he is young
He prayed for blessings upon him and his descendants
We hope that God will respond to Ali, may God be pleased with him, in our regard
Al-Nadhar bin Muhammad said
Abu Hanifa had a beautiful face
The secret of the dress is the fragrance of the wind
Abu Yusuf said
Abu Hanifa was a quarter of him
One of the best picture people
And he informed them of his speech
And I will punish them with a tone and make them clear about what is in his heart
Hammad bin Abi Hanifa said
My father was beautiful
Topped with a tan
A good body is very fragrant
He only speaks in response
He, may God have mercy on him, does not delve into what does not concern him
Ibn Al-Mubarak said
I have never seen a man more respected in his assembly
There is no better person and dreamer than Abu Hanifa
Qais bin Al-Rabi’ said
Abu Hanifa was devout and pious
Preferred over his brothers
Partner said
Abu Hanifa was very silent and wise
Yazid bin Harun said
I have never seen anyone more dreaming than Abu Hanifa
Al-Ajli said
Abu Hanifa was a baker who sold bread
Prick is a soft, silk-like fabric
Al-Ajli said
Abu Hanifa said
I presented Basra
So I thought that I would not ask about anything without answering it
They asked me about things for which I did not have an answer
So I made it for myself
I will not leave Hammad bin Abi Suleiman until he dies
I accompanied him for eighteen years
Ahmed bin Al-Sabah said
I heard Al-Shafi’i said
Malik was told
Have you seen Abu Hanifa?
He said yes
I saw a man who, if he spoke to you about this pole, would make it gold
He made his argument
Judge Abu Youssef said
While I was walking with Abu Hanifa
I heard one man say to another
This is Abu Hanifa
Doesn't sleep at night
Abu Hanifa said
God does not speak about me for what I did not do
He used to spend the night in prayer, supplication, and supplication
Abu Assem Al-Nabil said
Abu Hanifa was called Al-Wattad
Because of his many prayers
Masar bin Kadam said
I saw Abu Hanifa reciting the Qur’an while praying
Al-Qasim bin Maan said
Abu Hanifa stood up one night repeating the words of God Almighty
Rather, the time is their time
And the hour is worse and more bitter
He cries and prays for the dawn
Zaid bin Kumait said
I heard a man saying to Abu Hanifa:
Fear God
He rose up, whistled, and knocked
He said, may God reward you
People always need someone to tell them something like this
Bishr bin Al-Walid said
Abu Jaafar Al-Mansur asked Abu Hanifa
He wanted him to judge
He swore an oath against him at night
But he refused and swore that I would not do it
Al-Rabi`, the chamberlain, said to him
O Abu Hanifa
You see the Commander of the Faithful swearing and you swear
The Commander of the Faithful said, “I am more capable of expiating his oath than I am.”
So he ordered him to prison
He died there in Baghdad
Mughith bin Badil said
Al-Mansur left Abu Hanifa to judge
So refrain
Al-Mansour said
I wonder where we are
Abu Hanifa said
I am not fit
He said I lied
And he said
The Commander of the Faithful ruled that I was not fit
If you are a liar, then I am not correct
Even if you are honest
I told you that I am not fit
So he locked him up
The jurist Abu Abdullah Al-Saymari said
Abu Hanifa did not accept the covenant to judge
He was beaten, imprisoned, and died in prison
Ibn Al-Mubarak said
Abu Hanifa is the most learned jurist among people
Yahya bin Saeed Al-Qattan said
We do not lie to God
We have not heard anything better than the opinion of Abu Hanifa
We have taken most of his sayings
Ali bin Asim said
If the knowledge of Imam Abu Hanifa was weighed
With the knowledge of the people of his time
It would prevail over them
Hafs bin Ghiyath said
The words of Abu Hanifa in jurisprudence
Finer than poetry
Only an ignorant person can fault him
Al-Shafi’i said
In jurisprudence, people are dependent on Abu Hanifa
I said
Imamate in jurisprudence and its subtleties
Muslim to this imam
This is beyond doubt
Nothing comes to mind
If the day needs my guide
His biography could be divided into two volumes
May God be pleased with him and have mercy on him
He walked as a watered martyr
That is, he was given poison to die
In the year one hundred and fifty
He is seventy years old
And his son, the jurist Hammad bin Abi Hanifa
He was knowledgeable, religious, and righteous
Complete piety
Hammad died in the year one hundred and seventy-six
Lives of the Four Imams