The stronger position regarding the status of Imam Abu Hanifah (may Allah have mercy on him), because the statements of the scholars differed concerning him in terms of criticism and vindication.
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The Shaykh : Therefore, here, specifically regarding the example of Abu Hanifah, there is a point of consideration, in that those who criticized him were many, and those who vouched for his reliability were few, even though the vouching is contradicted by the criticism whose cause is specified. This is the answer to that question.