Backbiting - Islamic School System - Dawat-e-Islami

‏ِه ‏َمََۡ‏ِه ‏َم ‏ُة‏ِه ‏َمForty Parables 271Did Imām A’ẓam Abū Ḥanīfaĥ backbite Shaykh Ḥasan Baṣrī?In the aforementioned parable, Imām A’ẓam Abū Ḥanīfaĥ رَحمْ‏ ‏َةُ‏ االلهِ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ ‏َلَيْه did speak-ill ofShaykh Ḥasan Baṣrī, however this was a case where backbiting is permittedbecause a Muftī can correct and refute another Muftī, if he makes an error regarding thematters of jurisprudence and Islamic law. Clarifying the permissibility of backbiting insuch circumstances, on page 178 of Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, Volume 16, it is cited: It is permissibleto critically analyze and expound upon the faults of the narrators of Ḥadīš, witnesses incourt cases, and authors. If this were not done on narrators, it would become impossibleto classify the various Aḥādīš and distinguish between the Ṣaḥīḥ and non-Ṣaḥīḥ categories.Similarly the trustworthy and non-trustworthy books could not be identified if the livesof the authors are not critically analyzed. The rights of the Muslims cannot be upheld ifthe witnesses are not critically analyzed.الۡ‏ قَوِی ‏ُةالل عَ‏ لَيْهِ‏ رَ‏ ‏ْحḤasad kī bīmārī bařĥ chalī ĥay, lařāyī āpas mayn ṫĥan gayī ĥayShaĥā Musalmān ĥaun munaẓẓam, Imām-e-A’ẓam Abū ḤanīfaĥMiṫā mayrī ghībaton kī ‘ādat, ĥo dūr bay-jā ĥansī kī khaṣlatDurūd pařĥtā raĥūn mayn ĥar dam, Imām-e-A’ẓam Abū ḤanīfaĥThe jealousy is on the rise amongst us and so is the fightingO leader may the Muslims unite, Imām A’ẓam Abū ḤanīfaĥEradicate backbiting from me, and the useless habit of laughingMay I always send peace and blessing, Imām A’ẓam Abū ḤanīfaĥY َ ُa ٰ َ< ٰ MَاJY َ ُa ٰ َ< ٰ Mَََُ ا‎J K L َُِfۡeَۡOَُ ا‎J K L َ2 ِbا اMِ‎ َ ا‎Jاۡ2ِbَ َ اZ‏ۡ‏َL ۡ ‏^[ا