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Imam Abu Hanifa was the absolute voice of reason | Mufti Abu Layth

hadeeth ahadith ahaadeeth hadis hadees ahaadith imaam imams prayer leader muftis madinah madina al-madinah madeenah yathrib

video · 1:11 · 7,800 views · 6 Dec 2020 · Open on YouTube

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is it true that imam abu hanifa was a rationalist in his time imam abu hanifa was the absolute voice of reason uh in his time absolute legend um you know if imam abu hanifa's had not become institutionalized the way it did and stripped of its voice of reason title [Laughter] and turned into a demonic force of dogma right if that had not happened uh it would have been the method that i would have promoted except except you know

0:40

if i you see to make it the ultimate you would have had to imam abu hanifa to make it the ultimate you'd have to fortify him a bit more in hadith like make him a bit more grounded in hadith and then lift him and place him in medina then that would be the ultimate mother ultimate but none of that happened

1:09

so yeah

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APA 7 
Mufti Abu Layth. (2020, December 6). Imam Abu Hanifa was the absolute voice of reason | Mufti Abu Layth [Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/290z4d-domw/
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Mufti Abu Layth. 2020. "Imam Abu Hanifa was the absolute voice of reason | Mufti Abu Layth." Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded December 6, 2020. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/290z4d-domw/
BibTeX 
@misc{abulayth-290Z4D-DoMw,
  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Imam Abu Hanifa was the absolute voice of reason | Mufti Abu Layth}},
  year = {2020},
  month = {12},
  date = {2020-12-06},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/290z4d-domw/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/290z4d-domw/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}