Poem in praise of Imam e Azam Abu Hanifah

Imam al Muslimeen, Imam al Aimma Sayyidunaa Imam Azam Abu Hanifah Numaan Ibn Thabit Radi Allahu Taala anhu

by Hadrat Abdullah ibn Mubarak Radi Allahu anhu

لقد زان البلاد ومن عليها

إمام المسلمين أبو حنيفة

Imam al Muslimeen Abu Hanifah Radi Allahu Anhu blessed the towns and its people with beauty.

باحكام واثار وفقه

كأيات الزبور على صحيفة

With the beauty of Ahkaam (Quran e Kareem ) and Athaar (Ahadith Shareefah) and with the beauty of Fiqh, as the pages were decorated by the verses of the Zabur

فما في المشرقين له نظير

ولا في المغربين ولا بكوفه

He has no parallel in Kufa

or indeed the East or the West

بيت مشمرا سهرا لليالي

و صام نهاره لله خيفة

He spends his nights in worship

And fasts throughout the days out of fear of The Almighty

وصان لسانه عن كل إفك

وما زالت جوارحه عفيفه

He kept his tongue free from blame and accusations

And his body free from all sins

يعف عن المحارم والملاهي

ومرضاتة الإله له وظيفه

He stayed away from all Haram and futile activities

Gaining the Almighty’s pleasure was his wazifah

رايت العاتبين له سفاما

خلاف الحق مع حجج ضعيفه

The ones who pick faults, are foolish, against the truth and with weak evidence

وكيف يحل أن يو ذي فقيه

له في الأرض أثار شريفه

How is it valid to cause pain to such a Faqeeh

whose grace and favour of knowledge has blessed the whole world

وقد قال ابن إدريس مقالا

صحيح النقل في حكم لطيفه

Imam Shafii has stated a saheehul naql in the hukm of lateef

بان الناس في فقه عيال

على فقه الإمام أبي حنيفة

And that is, that everyone in fiqh is dependant on the fiqh of Imam Azam Abu Hanifah

فلعنة ربنا أعدد رمل

على من زد قول أبي حنيفة

May Allah’s curse equal to the particles of sand

be on those who disregard the qowl of Imam Azam Abu Hanifah.

Taken from Durr al-Mukhtar Sharif, Translated by Mawlana Shakeel Qadiri Ridawi (London UK)