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Preservation of Imam Sahebs Narrations

· 4 Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1438 AH1 min readFatwa 39007English

Question

Hazrat, I wanted to ask, all the narrations of Imam Abu Hanifa, how were they preserved? From my understanding, he didn’t compile a book like the other 3 Imams?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Kitāb al-Āthār is a book of hadīth compiled in Fiqh order by Imām Abu Hanifa (may Allah have mercy on him). This was compiled even before al-Muwatta of Imām Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) (D. 179AH) and Imām Mālik (may Allah have mercy on him) used to benefit from Kitāb al-Āthār of Imām Abu Hanifa (may Allah have mercy on him).

Besides Kitāb al-Āthār, approximately 20 muhaddithīn compiled musnads (narrations of Imām Abu Hanifa (may Allah have mercy on him)). Fifteen of these musnads have been gathered and organized by Abu al-Mu'ayyad al-Khāwrizmi (may Allah have mercy on him) by the name Jāmi` Masānīd al-Imām al-A’zam.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Huzaifah Deedat

Student Darul Iftaa
Lusaka, Zambia

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

درس ترمیذی- جلد1-ص96- مکتبہ دارالعلوم

Answered by
Huzaifah Deedat
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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