Hadith No: 2
Ahmad ibn Hanbal - al-'Ilal wa Ma'rifat al-Rijal - Volume 5: from the book al-'Ilal wa Ma'rifat al-Rijal
Volume: (2) - Page Number: (546)
3598 - Al-Hasan ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Jurawi al-Judhami narrated to me, who said: Abu Hafs Amr ibn Abi Salamah al-Tinisi
said: I heard al-Awza'i say, "No one was born in Islam who was more damaging to Islam than Abu Hanifah and Abu Muslim who cried out." 3590 - My father narrated to me, who said: Mu'mal ibn Isma'il narrated to us, who said: Sufyan al-Thawri narrated to me, from Ibad ibn Kathir, who said: Amr ibn Ubayd said to me, "Ask Abu Hanifah about a man who says, 'I know that the Ka'bah is true and that it is the House of Allah, but I do not know whether it is the one in Mecca or the one in Khurasan.' Is he a believer?"
He said, 'A believer.'" He also said to me, "Ask him about a man who says, 'I know that Muhammad (peace be upon him) is true and that he is the Messenger of Allah, but I do not know whether he is the one who was in Medina or another Muhammad.' Is he a believer?"
He said, 'A believer.'" 3591 -
My father said: They should have sought his repentance, I think, regarding this verse: {Glory be to Your Lord, the Lord of Might, above what they describe} (as-Saffat 37:180). He said, "He is a created being."