this that you are saying is not quite accurate brother. for example In Sheikh Muhammad Abu Zahra Azhari's biography of Imam Abu Hanifa (ra) it declares... 'it is confirmed that he (Imam Abu Hanifa (ra) studied with Zayd ibn Ali Zayn al Abidin (ra) and Jafar as Sadiq (ra) ' This can be found in Abu Zahra's English compilation 'The Four Imams' page 133, published by Darul Taqwa. these works also mention this... http://www.scribd.com/Islamformankin...Hanifa-in-Urdu Those who speak Urdu may find the introduction to this work interesting as it contains some relevant mentions of Imam Abu Hanifa's (ra) studies with Imam Baqir (ra) and Imam Jafar as Sadiq (ra). The great Muslim historian Shibli Nomani's biography of Imam Abu Hanifa (raa) also describes him as a student of Jafar as Sadiq (ra). http://kitaabun.com/shopping3/produc...products_id=39 etc etc.