ABU HANIFA(RH)

Numan ibn Shabit ibn Zuṭa ibn Marzuban[2] (Persian/Arabic:نعمان بن ثابت بن زوطا بن مرزبان), better known as Imam Abu Ḥanīfah, (699 — 767 CE / 80 — 148 AH) was the founder of the Sunni Hanafi school of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). Abu Hanifa is regarded by some as a one of the Tabi‘un, the generation after the Sahaba, who were the companions of the Islamic prophet Muḥammad because he saw the Sahabi Anas ibn Malik. There are some reports that he even transmitted hadiths from him and other Sahaba.[3] However, it should also be noted that there are views that Imam Abu Hanifah (only) saw around half a dozen companions (possibly in young age), in other words, did not directly narrate ahadith from them. Nevertheless, it is widely acknowledged that he learnt ahadith from fellow Tabi'een including Ibrahim al Nakha'i