Imam Muḥammad ash-Shaybānī, may Allah have mercy on him (d. 189 AH)

Answer

He was an extremely trustworthy student of Imam Abū Ḥanīfah — indeed, one might say that most of the venerable Imam's learning spread precisely through him. After the venerable Imam's death, he completed his further studies under Imam Abū Yūsuf, and after that heard the Muwaṭṭaʾ also from Imam Mālik — yet the devotion already formed toward the venerable Imam left traces in…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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