The Books of Imam al-A`zam
Abu Hanifah al-Nu`man b. Thabit b. Zuta b. Mazraban
There are five books attributed our noble Imam (RA). They are
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al-Wasiyyah |
Fiqh al-Akbar |
al-`Alim wa’ l-Muta`allim |
Fiqh al-Absat |
al-Risalah |
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Transmitted by al-Qadi Abu Yusuf |
Transmitted by Hammad b. Abi Hanifah[1] |
Transmitted by Abu Muqatil Hafs Ibn Salam al-Samarqandi[2] |
Transmitted by Abu Muti` al-Hakam b. `Abd Allah al-Balkhi |
Sent to `Uthman ibn Muslim al-Batti |
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Imam Abu Hanifah |
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- `Allamah Shibli Nu`mani argues no books are attributed to Imam Abu Hanifah.[3]
- A. J. Wensinck also argues no book is extant from Abu Hanifah.[4]
- Ibn al-Nadim cites at least two being from Abu Hanifah.[5]
- Katib Celebi believes these are books from Abu Hanifah.[6]
- `Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi attributes theological tracts to Abu Hanifah.
- Abu Muzaffar al-Isfarayini attributes dogmatic treatises to Abu Hanifah.[7]
- Al-Zirikli also believes these are books from Abu Hanifah.[8]
- Al-Kahhalah also believes these are books from Abu Hanifah.[9]
- All subsequent commentators attribute the works to Abu Hanifah.[10]
The isnad of the Fiqh al-Akbar runs as follows:
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1. Abu Hanifah. > |
2. Hammad b. Abi Hanifah. > |
3. `Isam b. Yusuf. > |
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4. Muhammad Ibn Muqatil. > |
5. Nusayr Ibn Yahya. |
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[1] See al-Ghawji, Ta`liq al-Muyassar, pp.12-13.
[2] Cf. Maqame Abu Hanifah, p.108 of M. S. Khan Safdar.
[3] See Sirat al-Nu`man, p.84.
[4] See The Muslim Creed, p.102. Cf. Brockelmann, GAL, 1:177 and GALS, 1:285 and Sezgin, GAS, 1:37.
[5] In al-Fihrist, p.156.
[6] See Kashf al-Zunun, 5:163.
[7] In his al-Tabsir fi ’l-Din as cited by al-Ghawji in al-Ta`liq al-Muyassar, p.12.
[8] See al-A`lam, p.234.
[9] See Mu`jam al-Mu’allifin, p.103.
[10] Such as Imam al-Maghnisawi, p.2 and `Ali al-Qari, Minah al-Rawd al-Azhar, p.43. Cf. also al-Zabidi, Ithaf al-Sadat al-Muttaqin, 2:14.
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