He replied: “Do you object to a person who offered all five prayers with a single ablution for 45 years, and who completed the entire Quran in a single rakꜤah?” Then he added: “I learnt all the knowledge of Fiqh I possess from Imam Abū Ḥanīfah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه.”

4. Imam Abū Yūsuf رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: “Imam Abū Ḥanīfah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه would complete the Quran in the day and night, and 62 times during Ramadan until Eid arrived.” (i.e. once in the day, once in the night, once during Tarāwīḥ, and once on Eid.)^[1]

5. Sayyidunā Khārijah b. MuṣꜤab رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: “Four pious predecessors recited the entire Quran in the Holy KaꜤbah: (1) Sayyidunā ꜤUthmān b. ꜤAffān رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ (2) Sayyidunā Tamīm al-Dārī رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ (3) Sayyidunā SaꜤīd b. Jubayr رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ (4) Imam Abū Ḥanīfah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه.”^[2]

Dear Islamic brothers! You have heard about the greatness of our Imam’s worship, recitation of the Quran, and fasting. You also heard how he devoted all of his time to serving Islamic knowledge and worshipping Allah Almighty. This can be gauged from the words of Sayyidunā Abū al-Aḥwaṣ رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه, who said: “If Imam Abū Ḥanīfah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was told that he would pass away after three days, even then he would be unable to increase his good deeds because he did not have any free time.”^[3]

The reason why he remained engaged in worship all night is very interesting and a lesson for us. Once he was going somewhere when someone pointed towards him and said to another person, “This is that Imam Abū Ḥanīfah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه who does not sleep at night (i.e. who remains engaged in worship).” It was after this incident that he began to worship all night, and he