The Absence of Abū Ḥanīfah's Narrations in the Ṣaḥīḥayn Is No Proof of Weakness in Ḥadīth

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[Mufti Maḥmūd Ḥasan Gangohi] said: some people told me that both Ṣaḥīḥs (al-Bukhārī and Muslim) are devoid of Imam Abū Ḥanīfah's narrations, from which — in their view — it follows that the venerable Imam was weak in ḥadīth. I replied: Imam ash-Shāfiʿī, after all, is a recognized muḥaddith — why, then, are both Ṣaḥīḥs devoid of his narration as well?

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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