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Imam Al-Bukhari narrated in his “Tarikh Sagheer” p 174 from Nuyam ibn Hammad:

“Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Al-Fazari narrated to us: We were with Sufyan Ath-Thawri when we received the news of the death of Abu Hanifah, and he said: “Al-Hamdulillah, The One who relieved the Muslims from him, he was destroying the chains of Islam, one by one. None was born in Islam more ill-omened than him”

Al-Khateeb narrated in his “Tarikh” (v 13 p 423) from Abu ‘Asim Ad-Dahak ibn Makhlad An-Nabeel:

“I heard Sufyan Ath-Thawri saying in Makkah when Abu Hanifah was mentioned to him: “Al-Hamdulilah, The One who saved us from what He tested a lot of people”, and with other words: “The death of Abu Hanifah was mentioned to Sufyan Thawri and he did not invoke mercy on him or anything else but said: “Al-Hamdulilah, The One who saved us from what He tested a lot of people”

Abu Zur’ah Ad-Dimashqi wrote in his “Tarikh Dimashq” v 1 p 507:

“Muhammad ibn Abi Umar said: Sufyan said:" None was born in Islam more dangerous than Abu Hanifah”


Hafiz Ibn Abdil Barr wrote in his “Inqita” about Abu Hanifah:

“Among those who did Ta’n on him and Jarh of him is Abu Abdillah Muhammad ibn Ismail Al-Bukhari, he said in his book “Dua’fa wal Matrukin”: Abu Hanifah Nu’man ibn Thabit Al-Kufi, Nuyam ibn Hammad narrated to us: Yahya ibn Said and Mu’az ibn Mu’az narrated to us: they heard Sufyan Ath-Thawri saying that it has been said that Abu Hanifah was requested to repent twice from Kufr. Nuaym narrated from Al-Fazari: I was with Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah when the death of Abu Hanifah came and he said: May Allah curse him, he was destroying Islam chain by chain, none was born in Islam more evil than him”

Al-Khateeb narrated in his “Tarikh Baghdad” v 13 p 394-395 from Imam Abu Bakr Abdullah ibn Sulayman ibnul Ash’at, son of the famous Imam Abu Dawud, addressing a group:

“What do you say about a topic on which agree Malik and his companions, Ash-Shafi’i and his companions, Al-Awza’i and his companions, Al-Hasan ibn Salih and his companions, Sufyan Ath-Thawri and his companions, Ahmad ibn Hambal and his companions?” They replied: “It is among most authentic topic”. He said: “All of these agreed on the misguidance of Abu Hanifah”

حدثني : محمد بن هارون ، نا : أبو صالح ، قال : سمعت الفزاري ، وحدثني : إبراهيم بن سعيد ، نا : أبو توبة ، عن أبي إسحاق الفزاري ، قال : كان أبو حنيفة يقول : إيمان إبليس وإيمان أبي بكر الصديق (ر) واحد ، قال أبوبكر : يا رب ، وقال إبليس : يا رب

Ishaaq al Fazaari narrates that he heard Abu Haneefah say: "The faith of Iblees and the faith of Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq is the same, Abu Bakr said "O Lord" and Iblees said "O Lord." [Kitab us Sunnah of Abdullaah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal, No.316; Tarikh Baghdaad Vol.13, P.369]

Al-Fazaari is declared thiqah by the Muhaditheen, I will provide references later insha Allaah.