Evidence Over Obstinacy: The Flexibility of Abū Ḥanīfah and His Students, and His Condemnation of Bare Opinion

Answer

Abū Ḥanīfah did not stop at this [method] alone, but instructed his students and companions: do not cling at all costs to a single position — if, on some matter, a weighty and reliable proof from the Sharīʿah should come to you, then adopt precisely that, and direct others to it as well, for the goal is to act upon the Qur'an, the Sunnah, and the sayings of the Companions, not…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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