Abū Ḥanīfah Among the Muḥaddithūn: His Teachers and Students in the Science of Ḥadīth

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Imam Abū Ḥanīfah (born 80 AH) is known chiefly as a mujtahid imam, yet the scholars of ḥadīth mention him among the muḥaddithūn as well; muḥaddithūn are conventionally introduced by the formula: so-and-so heard ḥadīth from so-and-so, and from him, in turn, such-and-such narrators took ḥadīth — and precisely this form of introduction exists for Ḥaḍrat Imam Abū Ḥanīfah, may…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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