The Reliability (Thiqah) of Imam Abū Ḥanīfah as a Ḥadīth-Narrator

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Hafiz Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, may Allah have mercy on him, writes: [ar]قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الْعَوْفِيُّ: سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ مَعِينٍ يَقُولُ: كَانَ أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ ثِقَةً، لَا يُحَدِّثُ بِالْحَدِيثِ إِلَّا بِمَا يَحْفَظُهُ، وَلَا يُحَدِّثُ بِمَا لَا يَحْفَظُ[/ar] "Muḥammad ibn Saʿd al-ʿAwfī said: I heard Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn say: Abū Ḥanīfah was thiqah (trustworthy)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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