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1)

الحسين بن الحسن المروزى يقول : ذكر أبو حنيفة عند أحمد بن حنبل، فقال: رأيه مذموم وبدنه لا يذكر

Al-Husayn ibn Al-Hasan Al-Marwazī said: Abū Hanīfah was mentioned in the presence of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, so he said: “His opinion is blameworthy (madhmūm) and his person is not to be mentioned.” (Jarh wa Ta’dīl 8/450. Authenticated by Sh. Muqbil)

2)

مَا تَقُولُ فِي أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ؟ فَقَالَ: رَأْيُهُ مَذْمُومٌ، وَحَدِيثُهُ لَا يُذْكَرُ

ʿAbdullāh ibn Muhammad Al-Marwazī narrated to us saying: I heard Al-Husayn ibn Al-Hasan Al-Marwazī saying: “I asked Ahmad ibn Hanbal saying: ‘What do you say about Abū Hanīfah?’ He said: ‘His opinion is blameworthy (madhmūm) and his hadīth should not be mentioned.’” (al-‘Uqaylī 4/285. Authenticated by Sh. Muqbil)

3)

حَدِيثُ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ ضَعِيفٌ، وَرَأْيُهُ ضَعِيفٌ

ʿAbdullāh ibn Ahmad narrated to us saying: I heard my father saying: “Abū Hanīfah’s hadīth is weak (daʿīf) and his opinion is weak (daʿīf).” (al-‘Uqaylī 4/285. Authenticated by Sh. Muqbil)

4)

سُفْيَانَ الثوري، يَقُولُ: مَا أُحِبُّ أَن أُوَافِقَهُم عَلَى الحَقِّ، قُلتُ لِأَبِي رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ: يعني: أَبَا حَنِيفَةً؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ؛ رَجُلٌ اسْتُتِيبَ فِي الإِسْلَامِ مَرَّتَيْنِ يَعْنِي: أَبَا حَنِيفَةَ؛ قُلتُ لِأَبِي رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ: كَأَنَّ أَبَا حَنِيفَةَ المُستَتِيب؟، قَالَ: نَعَم.

سَمِعتُ أَبِي رَحِمَهُ اللهُ، يَقُولُ: أَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ اسْتُتِيبَ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ، قَالَ أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ: هَذَا تَخَلُوقٌ، فَقَالُوا لَهُ: هَذَا كُفَرُ، فَاسْتَتَابُوهُ

My father narrated to me [saying]: Shuʿayb ibn Harb narrated to us saying: I heard Sufyān Al-Thawrī saying: “I do not love to agree with them even upon the truth.” ʿAbdullāh said: I said to my father, may Allāh have mercy on him, “Does he mean Abū Hanīfah?” He said: “Yes, a man who was asked to repent in Islām twice – meaning Abū Hanīfah.” I said to my father: Was Abū Hanīfah the one who was asked to repent?” He said: “Yes.”

Then ʿAbdullāh said: I heard my father, may Allāh have mercy on him, saying: “I believe he was asked to repent regarding this verse:

( سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ )

‘Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they attribute to Him (al-Saffāt:180)’

Abū Hanīfah said: ‘This is created (makhlūq),’ so they said to him: ‘This (statement) is disbelief (kufr)’ and they asked him to repent.” (al-Sunnah 1/192. Authenticated by Sh. Muqbil and al-Riyāshī)

5)

وقال المروذي أبو بكر أحمد بن الحجاج : سألت أبا عبد الله، وهو أحمد بن حنبل، عن أبي حنيفة، وعمرو بن عبيد . قال : أبو حنيفة أشد على المسلمين من عمرو بن عبيد، لأن له أصحاباً

… Al-Marwadhī Abū Bakr Ahmad ibn Al-Hajjāj told us: I asked Abū ʿAbdullāh – who is Ahmad ibn Hanbal – about Abū Hanīfah and Amr ibn Ubayd, and he said: “Abū Hanīfah is more severe (i.e. worse, more harmful) for the Muslims than Amr ibn Ubayd because he has followers.” (al-Khatīb 13/437. Authenticated by Sh. Muqbil)

[T.N: Amr Ibn Ubayd: He was one of the leaders and scholars of the Mu’tazilah and Qadariyyā (those who deny Qadr), a caller to bid’ah (innovation). He would speak ill of the companions of the prophet (ﷺ). He was also a liar who would fabricate hadīths – see al-Siyar 6/105, Bidāyah wa Nihāyah of Ibn Kathīr 13/341, al-Taqrīb of ibn Hajr #5704, Jarh wa Ta’dīl 6/246, al-Duafā 3/1284]

6)

وقال أبو بكر الأثرم : أخبرنا أبو عبد الله بباب في العقيقة فيه عن النبي ﷺ أحاديث مسندة، وعن أصحابه، وعن التابعين، ثم قال : وقال أبو حنيفة : هو من عمل الجاهلية، ويتبسم كالمتعجب

… Abū Bakr Al-Athram told us, saying: Abū ʿAbdullāh informed us regarding a topic concerning Al-Aqīqah [birth sacrifice], in which there were hadīth with connected chains of transmission from the authority of the prophet (ﷺ), his companions and the tābi’īn (followers). Then he said: and Abū Hanīfah said: ‘it (i.e. Aqīqah) is from the practises of jahilīyah (pre-Islamic ignorance)’, and he smiled as one who was astonished. (al-Khatīb 13/438. Authenticated by Sh. Muqbil)

7)

وَقَالَ الْأَثْرَمُ: رَأَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مِرَارًا يَعِيبُ أَبَا حَنِيفَةَ وَمَذْهَبَهُ، وَيَحْكِي الشَّيْءَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ عَلَى الْإِنْكَارِ وَالتَّعَجُّبِ

… Al-Athram told us saying: I saw Abū ʿAbdullāh (i.e. Imām Ahmad) repeatedly criticising Abū Hanīfah and his madhab, and he would relate something from his statements with rejection and astonishment.(al-Khatīb 13/438. Authenticated by Sh. Muqbil)

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وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ فِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَانِئٍ: اتْرُكْ رَأْيَ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ وَأَصْحَابِهِ

Imām Ahmad said in the narration of Ibrāhīm ibn Hānī: “Abandon the opinion of Abū Hanīfah and his companions.” (Bahr Al-Dam #1071)

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وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ فِي رِوَايَةِ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَعْمَرٍ: إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ يَجْتَنِبُ أَبَا حَنِيفَةَ، وَالنَّظَرَ فِيهِ، وَلَا يَطْمَئِنُّ إِلَيْهِ، وَلَا إِلَى مَنْ يَذْهَبُ مَذْهَبَهُ مِمَّنْ يَغْلُو، وَلَا يَتَّخِذُهُ إِمَامًا — فَارْجُ خَيْرَهُ

Imām Ahmad said in the narration of ‘Amr ibn Ma’mar: “When you see a man avoiding/staying away (from) Abū Hanīfah and looking into (i.e. examining) his views, and not feeling at ease with him, nor with those who follow his madhab among the extremists, and not taking him as an imām, then I hope good for him.” (Bahr Al-Dam #1071)

10) Al-Khalīlī said: Muhammad ibn Yūsuf al-Bīkandī (is)
Trustworthy and reliable [thiqah], agreed upon [by the scholars]….Muhammad ibn Yūsuf al-Bīkandī narrated: “I was with Ahmad ibn Hanbal when the statement of Abū Hanīfah was mentioned to him: “Divorce before marriage.”

وقال محمد بن يوسف البيكندي: قيل لأحمد بن حنبل : قول أبي حنيفة : الطلاق قبل النكاح فقال : مسكين أبو حنيفة، كأنه لم يكن من العراق، كأنه لم يكن من العلم بشيء، قد جاء فيه عن النبي ، وعن الصحابة، وعن نيف وعشرين من التابعين مثل سعيد بن جبير، وسعيد بن المسيب، وعطاء، وطاووس، وعكرمة، كيف يجترىء أن يقول تطلق ؟

So he [Ahmad] said: “Miskīn (poor/unfortunate) Abū Hanīfah! It is as if he was not from Irāq [one of the centres of hadīth and knowledge], as if he knew nothing of knowledge. Indeed, there has come regarding it [evidence] from the Prophet (ﷺ), and from the Companions, and from over twenty of the Tābi’ūn such as: Sa’īd ibn Jubayr, Sa’īd ibn al-Musayyab, ‘Atā’, Tāwūs, and ‘Ikrimah. How does he dare to say: ‘She is divorced’?” (Irshād Fī Ma’rifah al-Hadīth pg. 464-465 and Mawsū Aqwāl of Imām Ahmad 4/20)

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سَأَلْتُ أَبِي رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ ، عَنِ الرَّجُل؟ يُرِيدُ أَن يَسْأَلَ عَنِ الشَّيْء مِن أَمرٍ دِينِهِ، مَا يُبْتَلَى بِهِ مِن الأَيْمَانِ في الطَّلَاقِ، وَغَيْرِهِ، فِي حَضَرَةِ قَومٍ مِن أَصْحَابِ الرَّأْي، وَمِن أَصْحَابِ الحَدِيثِ، لَا يَحفَظُونَ، وَلَا يَعرِفُونَ الحَدِيثَ الضَّعِيفَ الإِسْنَادِ، وَالقَوِي الإسنادِ ، فَلِمَن يَسأَلُ؟ أَصْحَابَ الرَّأي ، أو لهؤلاء، أعني ” : أَصْحَابَ الحَدِيثِ عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِن قِلَّةِ مَعرِفَتِهِم؟ قَالَ: يَسأَلُ أَصْحَابَ الحَدِيثِ، وَلَا يَسْأَلُ أَصْحَابَ الرَّأْي، ضَعِيفُ الحَدِيثِ ، خَيْرٌ مِن رَأَي أَبِي حَنِيفَةً .

Abdullāh ibn Ahmad narrated: “I asked my father, may Allāh have mercy on him, about a man who wants to ask about something from the matters of his religion that he is tested with regarding faith, concerning divorce and other matters, in the presence of a group of people from the people of opinion and from the people of hadīth who do not memorise nor know the weak-chained hadīth from the strong-chained hadīth – should he ask the people of opinion or the people of hadīth despite their limited knowledge?” He said: “He should ask the people of hadīth and not ask the people of opinion. The weak hadīth is better than the opinion of Abū Hanīfah.” (al-Sunnah 1/180. Authenticated by Sh. Muqbil and al-Riyāshī)

11b)

سَأَلتُ أَبِي عَن أَسَدِ بنِ عَمْرٍو؟ قَالَ: كَانَ صَدُوقًا، وَأَبُو يُوسُفَ صَدُوقٌ، وَلَكِنَّ أَصْحَابَ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ لَا يَنبَغِي أَن يُرْوَى عَنهُم شَيْءٌ.

Abdullāh ibn Ahmad said: “I asked my father about Asad ibn ‘Amr?” He said: “He was truthful (sadūq), and Abū Yūsuf is truthful — but it is not fitting that anything be narrated from the companions of Abū Hanīfah.” (al-‘Ilal 3/300)

11c)

وَقَالَ ابْنُ هَانِئٍ: وَسُئِلَ (يَعْنِي أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ) عَنْ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ: يُرْوَى عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ: لَا.

Ibn Hāni’ said: he [i.e., Abū ʿAbdillāh, Ahmad] was asked about Abū Hanīfah — is he narrated from? He said: “No.”( Su’ālāt Ibn Hāni’, no. 2368)

11d)

وَقَالَ زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ: سَأَلْتُ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ عَنِ الرِّوَايَةِ عَنْ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ، وَأَبِي يُوسُفَ، فَقَالَ: لَا أَرَى الرِّوَايَةَ عَنْهُمَا.

Ziyād ibn Ayyūb said: I asked Ahmad ibn Ḥanbal about narrating from Abū Hanīfah and Abū Yūsuf. He said: “I do not view narrating from either of them [as permissible].” (al-Majrūhīn, Ibn Hibbān 3/71)

11e)

وَقَالَ حَنْبَلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ: سَمِعْتُ عَمِّي، يَعْنِي أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ، يَقُولُ: وَكَانَ يَعْقُوبُ أَبُو يُوسُفَ مُنْصِفًا فِي الْحَدِيثِ، فَأَمَّا أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ فَكَانَا مُخَالِفَيْنِ لِلْأَثَرِ، وَهَذَانِ لَهُمَا رَأْيٌ سُوءٌ — يَعْنِي أَبَا حَنِيفَةَ، وَمُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الْحَسَنِ.

Hanbal ibn Ishāq said: I heard my paternal uncle — meaning Ahmad ibn Hanbal — say: “Yaʿqūb Abū Yūsuf was fair in hadīth; but as for Abū Hanīfah and Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, they both opposed the [Prophetic] transmitted reports (al-athar), and these two hold an evil opinion (ra’ī sū’)” — meaning Abū Hanīfah and Muhammad ibn al-Hasan. (Tārīkh Baghdād 2/570)

12)

سَمِعتُ أَحَمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ رَضَ اللَّهُ عنهُ يَقُولُ: مَا قَولُ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ عِندِي وَالبَعَرُ إِلَّا سَوَاءٌ

ʿAbdullāh said: Muhannā ibn Yahyā Al-Shāmī narrated to me: I heard Ahmad ibn Hanbal, may Allāh be pleased with him, saying: “In my view, the statement of Abū Hanīfah and dung, is the same.“ (al-Sunnah 1/180. Authenticated by Sh. Muqbil and al-Riyāshī)

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عَن إِسْحَاقَ بنِ مَنصُورٍ الكَوسَجِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَحْمَدَ بنِ حنبل: يُؤجَرُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بُعْضِ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ، وَأَصْحَابِهِ؟ قَالَ: إِي، وَاللهِ

Ishāq ibn Mansūr al-Kawsaj — who said: I said to Ahmad ibn Hanbal: ‘Is a man rewarded for hatred of Abū Hanīfah and his companions?‘ He said: ‘Yes, by Allāh.’” (al-Sunnah 1/210. Masāʾil of al-Kawsaj 3/3379. Authenticated by al-Riyāshī)

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وَأَصْحَابُ الرَّأْيِ وَهُم مُبتَدِعَةً، ضُلَّالُ ، أَعدَاء لِلسُّنَّةِ وَالأَثَرِ، يُبْطِلُونَ الحَدِيثَ، وَيَرُدُّونَ عَلَى الرَّسُولِ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ، وَيَتَّخِذُونَ أَبَا حَنِيفَةَ وَمَن قَالَ بِقَولِهِ إِمَامًا، وَيَدِينُونَ بِدِينِهِم وَأَيُّ ضَلَالَةٍ أَبَيْنُ مِمَّن قَالَ بِهَذَا ؟ وَتَرَكَ قَولَ الرَّسُولِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَصْحَابِهِ، وَاتَّبَعَ قَولَ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ وَأَصْحَابِهِ ؟ فَكَفَى بِهَذَا غَيًّا مُردِيًا، وَطُعْيَانًا

Imām Ahmad (may Allāh have mercy on him) said: “The people of ra’ī are innovators, misguided, enemies of the Sunnah and the [Prophetic] narrations. They nullify hadīth and reject the Messenger (ﷺ). They take Abū Hanīfah, and whoever holds his view, as an Imām, and adopt his religion as their own religion. And what misguidance is plainer than one who says this — abandoning the words of the Messenger (ﷺ) and his Companions, and following the words of Abū Hanīfah and his companions instead? This alone suffices as ruinous error and transgression.” (Tabaqāt al-Hanābilah 1/35)

15)

وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ التِّرْمِذِيُّ: سَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ يَقُولُ: أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ يَكْذِبُ.

Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Tirmidhī said: I heard Ahmad ibn Hanbal say: “Abū Hanīfah lies.” (al-Duʿafā’ al-Kabīr, al-ʿUqaylī, # 1876. Tārīkh of al-Khatīb 15/579 – Isnād authenticated by Dr. Bashhār)

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وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَوْحٍ: سَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ يَقُولُ: لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا وَلِيَ الْقَضَاءَ، ثُمَّ حَكَمَ بِرَأْيِ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ، ثُمَّ سُئِلْتُ عَنْهُ، لَرَأَيْتُ أَنْ أَرُدَّ أَحْكَامَهُ

Muhammad ibn Rawh said: I heard Ahmad ibn Hanbal say: “If a man took up the judgeship and then ruled according to Abū Hanīfah’s opinion (ra’ī), and I were then asked about it, I would hold that his rulings should be overturned.” (Tārīkh Baghdād 13/412. Isnād authenticated by Dr. Bashhār in his checking)

17)

وَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْحَرْبِيُّ: وَضَعَ أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ أَشْيَاءَ فِي الْعِلْمِ، مَضْغُ الْمَاءِ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهَا. وَعَرَضْتُ يَوْمًا شَيْئًا مِنْ مَسَائِلِهِ عَلَى أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ، فَجَعَلَ يَتَعَجَّبُ مِنْهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: كَأَنَّهُ هُوَ يَبْتَدِئُ الْإِسْلَامَ

Ibrāhīm al-Harbī said: “Abū Hanīfah put forth things in [religious] knowledge — chewing water would be better than them. One day I presented some of his legal questions to Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and he began to marvel at them, then said: ‘It is as though he is inventing Islām from scratch.’” (Tārīkh Baghdād 13/413. Ibn Battah – one of the narrators has weakness but was partially corroborated by others)

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