The ruling on calling Abu Hanifah the Supreme Imam
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to call Imam Abu Hanifah (may Allah have mercy on him) "Imam of the Imams" or "the Supreme Imam"?
Answer:
They call him the Supreme Imam; the Hanafis say so and name him that. There is no harm in that, for he is a great Imam (may Allah have mercy on him). There is no harm in that.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to call Imam Abu Hanifah (may Allah have mercy on him) "Imam of the Imams" or "the Supreme Imam"?
Answer:
They call him the Supreme Imam; the Hanafis say so and name him that. There is no harm in that, for he is a great Imam (may Allah have mercy on him). There is no harm in that.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 23-06-1439هـ — af.org.sa (54:23)
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