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Abu Haneefah and ahadeeth

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HomepageRegarding the contradiction of ahadeeth by the madhab of Imam Abu
Haneefah

From "The Blind Following of Madhabs" of al-Masoomee, footnotes by Sh.
Saleem Hilalee.

Sha'raani's words in Al-Meezaan (1/62) are summarised as: 

"Our belief, as well as that of every researcher into Imaam Abu
Haneefah (radi Allaahu `anhu), is that, had he lived until the
recording of the Sharee'ah, and the journeys of the Preservers of
Hadeeth to the various cities and frontiers in order to collect and
acquire it, he would have accepted it and ignored all the analogies he
had employed. The amount of qiyaas in his Madhhab would have
been just as little as that in other Madhhabs, but since the evidences
of the Sharee'ah had been scattered with the Successors and their
successors, and had not been collected in his lifetime, it was
necessary that there be a lot of qiyaas in his Madhhab compared to
that of other imaams. The later scholars then made their journeys to
find and collect ahaadeeth from the various cities and towns and
wrote them down; hence, some ahaadeeth of the Sharee'ah explained
others. This is the reason behind the large amount of qiyaas in his
Madhhab, whereas there was little of it in other Madhhabs." 

Abul-Hasanaat Al-Lucknowi quoted his words in full in An- Naafi'
al-Kabeer (p. 135), endorsing and expanding on it in his footnotes,
so whoever wishes to consult it should do so there. 

Since this is the justification for why Abu Haneefah has sometimes
unintentionally contradicted the authentic ahaadeeth - and it is a
perfectly acceptable reason, for Allaah does not burden a soul with
more than it can bear - it is not permissible to insult him for it, as
some ignorant people have done. In fact, it is obligatory to respect
him, for he is one of the imaams of the Muslims through whom this
Deen has been preserved and handed down to us, in all its branches;
also, for he is rewarded under any circumstance: whether he is correct
or wrong. Nor is it permissible for his devotees to continue sticking to
those of his statements which contradict the authentic ahaadeeth, for
those statements are effectively not part of his Madhhab, as the
above sayings show. Hence, these are two extremes, and the truth
lies in between. "Our Lord! Forgive us, and our brethren who came
before us into the Faith; and leave not, in our hearts, any rancour
against those who have believed. Our Lord! You are indeed Full of
Kindness, Most Merciful." (Al-Hashr 59:10)

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