The author continued reveling the attitudes of the people after the establishment of Abu Hanifah's school. Most of the people were extremely hostile towards Abu Hanifah.
Hammad b. Salamah (in the book al-Jahiz) narrated a story about a highway robber that would steal from pilgrims with the aid of cane. At the end of his story, Hammad said
Hammad b. Salamah (in the book al-Jahiz) narrated a story about a highway robber that would steal from pilgrims with the aid of cane. At the end of his story, Hammad said
“When accused of robbery, he would use the excuse that not he but the cane had acquired foreign property. If this man were still alive today, he would certainly be one of the followers of Abu Hanifah.”
Hafs b. Ghiyath (in the book al-Jahiz) said
“Abu Hanifah is the best-informed person about things that never existed; he is most ignorant about things which have really occurred.”
Abu Hanifah was ridiculed for the simple fact that his legal school went against the general practice of the time. The scholars were mostly people of hadeeths (ahl al-Hadith) and not people of ra’y. Click here to see the difference between the two.
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