Tazkira e Imam e Azam

Book Name:Tazkira e Imam e Azam

*   One’s rank increases in His Court

*   Light becomes apparent on the face

*   Allah Almighty loves those who worship Him

*   The angels praise him

*   The people mention him with good words

*   They consider him righteous and ask for his Du’as

*   And they are influenced by him and accept his words.

Alongside granting him a great amount of intelligence and knowledge, Allah Almighty also granted Imam-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه the ability to practice, and a vast amount of piety. 

The days of our Imam-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه would be spent in spreading Islamic knowledge, his nights would be spent in the remembrance of Allah Almighty. He رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه would stay awake at night and worship Allah Almighty, and shed tears out of fear of Him. During the night, he رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه would recite the Speech of Allah Almighty, magnify Him in Ruku’ and glorify Him in Sajdah. Let us hear about his acts of worship:

Habitual in offering Nafl Salah during the day and night

Sayyiduna Mis’ar Bin Kidaam رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه, who was a great Hadith scholar and a student of Imam-e-A’zam Abu Hanifah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه in Hadith, states: I arrived in the Masjid of Imam-e-A’zam Abu Hanifah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه and saw that after Fajr Salah, he would teach the people Islamic knowledge until Zuhr, and would continue like this after Zuhr Salah till Asr Salah. He would continue this gathering of knowledge from Asr till Maghrib and then from Maghrib till Isha. I thought to myself, ‘How does he find time to worship’ (i.e. he taught Islamic knowledge all day so he will rest at night). However, after the people