Hadith No: 1
Ibn Hibban - Al-Majruhin min al-Muhaddithin wa-al-Du'afa' wa-al-Matrukin
Chapter on the letter N - 1127: Al-Nu'man ibn Thabit Abu Hanifa al-Kufi
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (60 > 66)
- Al-Nu'man ibn Thabit Abu Hanifa al-Kufi: The master of opinion, narrating from Ata' and Nafi', was born in the year eighty in the outskirts of Kufa. His father was a freedman of a man from Banu Rabiah of Taym Allah from Najd, known as the Banu Qafl. His father was emancipated and was a baker for Abdullah ibn Qafl. Abu Hanifa died in the year 150 in Baghdad, and his grave is in the cemetery of al-Khayzuran.
- He was a man of evident debate and ظاهر الورع.
- He narrated one hundred and thirty hadiths with chains of narration, and he had no other hadith in the world besides these. He erred in one hundred and twenty of them, either by being mistaken in their chains of narration or by altering their texts without realizing it. When his errors outweighed his correct narrations, he deserved to be excluded from being regarded as reliable in reports.
- Furthermore, it is not permissible to rely on him because he was an advocate of al-Irja' (postponement), and an advocate of innovations (bida') cannot be considered reliable. This is the consensus of all our imams, and I am not aware of any disagreement among them on this matter. However, the imams of Muslims and the pious in religion in all regions and lands criticized him and expressed disapproval of him, except for one individual after another. We have mentioned what was narrated about him in this regard in the book (Tanbih 'ala al-Tamwih), which suffices to avoid repeating it in this book, though I will mention some brief points that can serve as evidence for what lies beyond them:
- Among them, Zakariya ibn Yahya al-Saji narrated to us in Basra, saying: Bundar and Muhammad ibn Ali al-Muqaddami both narrated to us, saying: Mu'adh ibn Mu'adh al-Anbari narrated to us, saying: I heard Sufyan al-Thawri say, "Abu Hanifa was given a chance to repent from disbelief twice."
- Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Zuhayr narrated to us in Tustar, saying: Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Baghawi narrated to us, saying: Al-Hasan ibn Abi Malik narrated to us from Abu Yusuf, who said, "The first to say that the Quran is created was Abu Hanifa," referring to his statements in Kufa.
- Al-Husayn ibn Idris al-Ansari narrated to us, saying: Sufyan ibn Waki' narrated to us, saying: Umar ibn Hammad ibn Abi Hanifa narrated to us, saying: I heard my father say, "I heard Abu Hanifa say, 'The Quran is created.'" Then Ibn Abi Layla wrote to him: "Either you retract, or I will take action against you." He replied, "I have retracted." When he returned home, I said, "O father, is this not your view?" He said, "Yes, my son, and it is my view today as well, but they are thwarted by taqiyya (dissimulation)."
- Ahmad ibn Ali ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us in Mosul, saying: Abu Nashit Muhammad ibn Harun narrated to us, saying: Mahbub ibn Musa narrated to us from Yusuf ibn Asbat, who said, "Abu Hanifa said, 'If the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) had met me, he would have accepted many of my opinions. Is religion not but sound reasoning?'"
- Ali ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Abli narrated to us, saying: Amr ibn Muhammad al-Ansi narrated to us from Abu al-Bakhtari, who said: I heard Ja'far ibn Muhammad say: "O Allah, we have inherited this prophethood from our father Ibrahim, the Friend of the Merciful, and we have inherited this house from our father Isma'il, the son of the Friend of the Merciful, and we have inherited this knowledge from our grandfather Muhammad (peace be upon him and his holy progeny). So, make my curse and the curse of my forefathers and ancestors upon Abu Hanifa."
- Muhammad ibn al-Qasim ibn Hatim narrated to us, saying: Al-Khalil ibn Hind narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Samad ibn Hasan narrated to us, saying: I was with Sufyan al-Thawri in Mecca by the Maqam Ibrahim when a man came and said, "Abu Hanifa has died." He replied, "Go to Ibrahim ibn Tahman and tell him." So the messenger went, and he said, "I found him asleep." He said, "Woe to you! Go and wake him and give him the good news, for the trialer of this nation has died. By Allah, no one was born in Islam more harmful to them than Abu Hanifa, and by Allah, Abu Hanifa would have been a greater severer of the ties of Islam, breaking it strand by strand, than Qahṭaba al-Tai with his sword."
- Adam ibn Musa narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari narrated to us, saying: Nu'aym ibn Hammad narrated to us, saying: Abu Ishaq al-Fazari narrated to us, "I heard Sufyan al-Thawri - when the news of Abu Hanifa's death came - say, 'Praise be to Allah who has relieved the Muslims from him. He was indeed unraveling Islam, strand by strand.'"
- Abd al-Kabir ibn Umar al-Khattabi narrated to us in Basra, saying: Ali ibn Junadb narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Amir al-Tai narrated to us, saying: "I saw as if I were standing on the steps of the Mosque of Damascus with a group of people, and an elderly man, wrapped in a cloak, came out, saying: 'O people, this is not the religion of Muhammad.'" I said to a man next to me, "Who are these two elders?" He replied, "This is Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, veiling Abu Hanifa."

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Reference: Al Majruheen menal mohaddeseen wa aldhoafa wal matrukeen Book 3

Hadith No: 2
Ibn Hibban - al-Majruhin min al-Muhaddithin wa al-Du'afa' wa al-Matrukin
Chapter on the letter Noun - 1127: al-Numan ibn Thabit Abu Hanifah al-Kufi
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (67)
- And Abu Ishaq narrated to us from al-Harith from Ali: that he said, "The sarawil (trousers) are for one who cannot find a izar (waist wrap), and the khufayn (slippers) are for one who cannot find two sandals." I said, "What about your companion who says such and such?" He replied, "And what of that, and the one with him? May Allah curse that."

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Reference: Al Majruheen menal mohaddeseen wa aldhoafa wal matrukeen Book 3

Hadith No: 3
Ibn Hibban - al-Majroohin min al-Muhadditheen wal-Duafa wal-Matrukeen
Chapter on the letter Noun - 1127: al-Nu'man ibn Thabit Abu Hanifah al-Kufi
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (69/70)
- Al-Zuhri narrated to us, saying: Zakkariyya ibn Yahya al-Saji narrated to us in Basra, saying: Ismat ibn Muhammad narrated to us, saying: al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Dhim narrated to us, saying: Abu Bakr ibn Abi al-Aswad narrated to us, saying: I heard Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal say: I said to Abu Hanifah: Shu'bah narrated to us from Hisham, from Yazid ibn Anas, from Anas, that a Jew crushed the head of a girl between two stones, and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) crushed his head between two stones in response. He said, "Delirium."
- And al-Thaqafi narrated to us, saying: I heard Muhammad ibn Saleh ibn Askar say: I heard Abu Salih al-Farra' say: I heard Abu Ishaq al-Fazari say: I was with Abu Hanifah when a man came to him and asked him about a matter, and he spoke about it. I said, "But the Prophet, peace be upon him and his holy progeny, said this and that." He replied, "This is a hadith of absurdity."
- Al-Fadl ibn al-Husayn narrated to us in Hamadhan, saying: Yahya ibn Abdullah ibn Mahan narrated to us from Ibn Uyaynah, saying: I mentioned to Abu Hanifah a narration from the Prophet, peace be upon him and his holy progeny, and he said, "Rather, it is based on this."
- I heard al-Hasan ibn Uthman ibn Ziyad say: I heard Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Jawaz say: I saw al-Humyidi reading the book al-Radd 'ala Abi Hanifah in the Sacred Mosque, and he would say: Some people said this. I said to him, "Why do you not name him?" He replied, "I dislike mentioning him in the Sacred Mosque."

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Reference: Al Majruheen menal mohaddeseen wa aldhoafa wal matrukeen Book 3

Hadith No: 4
Ibn Hibban - Al-Majruhin min al-Muhaddithin wal-Du'afa' wal-Matrukin
Chapter on the Letter Noun - 1127: Al-Nu'man ibn Thabit Abu Hanifah al-Kufi
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (71)
- Al-Thaqafi narrated to us, saying: Al-Hasan ibn al-Sabbah said: Mu'mal ibn Isma'il narrated to us, who said: I heard Sufyan al-Thawri say: "Abu Hanifah is neither trustworthy nor reliable."
- Ya'qub ibn Muhammad al-Mughri narrated to us, saying: Ahmad ibn Salamah narrated to us, and I heard Al-Husayn ibn Mansur say: I heard Mubashshir ibn Abdullah ibn Razin al-Naysaburi say: Ibrahim ibn Tahman wrote to us from Iraq: "Erase what you have written about me regarding the opinions of Abu Hanifah."
- And I heard Muhammad ibn Mahmoud al-Nasa'i say: I heard Ali ibn Khashram say: I heard Ali ibn Ishaq al-Samarkandi say: I heard Ibn Mubarak say that Abu Hanifah was like an orphan in matters of hadith.
- Al-Hasan ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Khulanji informed us in Tarsus, saying: Muhammad ibn Jabir al-Marwazi narrated to us, and I heard Ziyad ibn Ayub say: I asked Ahmad ibn Hanbal about narrating from Abu Hanifah and Abu Yusuf, and he replied: "I do not see any benefit in narrating from either of them."
- Al-Husayn ibn Idris al-Ansari informed us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ali al-Thaqifi narrated to us, and I heard Ibrahim ibn Shumas say: "Ibn Mubarak distanced himself from Abu Hanifah in his last days."

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Reference: Al Majruheen menal mohaddeseen wa aldhoafa wal matrukeen Book 3

Hadith No: 5
Ibn Hibban - Al-Majruhin min al-Muhaddithin wal-Da'afa wal-Matrukin
Chapter on the letter Noun - 1127: Al-Nu'man ibn Thabit Abu Hanifah al-Kufi
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (72)
- I heard Hamzah ibn Dawud say: I heard Dawud ibn Bakr say: I heard al-Muqri say: "Abu Hanifah narrated to us, and he was an Irja'i, and he called me to Irja'ah, but I refused his invitation."
- And Muhammad ibn al-Mundhir informed me, saying: Uthman ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Rabi' al-Zahrani narrated to us, saying: I heard Hammad ibn Zayd say: I heard Abu Hanifah say, "I could hardly meet an elderly scholar without introducing something to him that was not from his narrations, except for Hisham ibn Urwah."
- Ahmad ibn Bashar narrated to us, saying: Mahmoud ibn al-Khattaab narrated to us, saying: Rustah narrated to us, saying: I heard Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi say, and he mentioned Abu Hanifah, and recited: {"Let them bear their burdens complete on the Day of Resurrection, and of the burdens of those whom they mislead without knowledge. Alas, how evil is what they will bear!"} (Surah an-Nahl 16:25).
- Ibrahim ibn Abi Umayyah informed us in Titus, saying: Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Balkhi narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated, "When Abu Hanifah sat down, al-Masawar the paper seller said":
"We were once at ease in our religion until we were overwhelmed by the followers of measurements.
A people, when they gather, shout as if they are foxes awakened among the lanterns.
I heard al-Fadl ibn al-Hasan say: I heard Yahya ibn Abdullah ibn Mahan say: I heard Hudhbah ibn Abd al-Wahhab say:
"If a man of opinion argues from analogy and comes with a trivial innovation,
we would approach them with the words of Allah concerning it and the traces of a noble prophecy.
So how many a fortified and chaste woman has Abu Hanifah made lawful what was forbidden?"*

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Reference: Al Majruheen menal mohaddeseen wa aldhoafa wal matrukeen Book 3

Hadith No: 6
Ibn Hibban - Al-Majruhin min al-Muhaddithin wal-Du'afa wal-Matrukin
Chapter on the letter Noun - 1127: Al-Nu'man ibn Thabit Abu Hanifa al-Kufi
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (73)
- I heard Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Baghawi say: I heard Mansur ibn Abi Muzahem say: I heard Sharik say: "It would be better if there were a wine seller in every quarter of Kufa than if there were a man in it who upheld the views of Abu Hanifa."
- Al-Thaqafi narrated to us, saying: Abu Yahya Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahim narrated to us, saying: I heard Abu Umar narrating from al-Walid ibn Muslim, who said: Malik ibn Anas asked a man: "Will someone speak in your city with the opinion of Abu Hanifa?" He replied: Yes. Malik said: "Your city is worthy of being uninhabited."
- Muhammad ibn al-Qasim ibn Hatim narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Dawud al-SamnanI narrated to us, saying: Ibn al-Musaffa narrated to us, saying: Suwayd ibn Abd al-Aziz narrated to us, who said: A man came to Abu Hanifa and said: "What do you say about someone who eats pig meat?" He replied: "There is nothing wrong with him."
- Al-Thaqafi narrated to us, saying: Ahmad ibn al-Walid al-Kharkhi narrated to us, saying: al-Hasan ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us, saying: Mahfuz ibn Abi Thubah narrated to me, saying: Ibn Abi Mus'hir narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Hamzah and Sa'id ibn Abd al-Aziz both said: "We heard Abu Hanifa say: 'If a man were to worship this mule as an act of devotion to Allah, the Exalted and Mighty, I would not see anything wrong with it.'"

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Reference: Al Majruheen menal mohaddeseen wa aldhoafa wal matrukeen Book 3