Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Second Fascicle

company with Abû Hanîfa’s disciples.” And once he said: “All
Muslims are like Imâm-i a’zam’s household, children.” That is, as
a man earns his household’s subsistence, likewise Imâm-i a’zam
undertook the task of uncovering the religious teachings which
people need in their matters, thus rescuing everybody from a very
difficult job. Imâm-i Shâfi’î’s establishing a different Madhhab
does not mean that he disliked Imâm-i a’zam or that he disagreed
with him. The Sahâba had different Madhhabs, too. Despite this,
they liked and respected one another. The final âyat of Fat-h Sûra
is a proof-text to verify this fact.
Not only did Imâm-i a’zam Abû Hanîfa establish the science
of of Fiqh, divide it into branches, and set ways and methods, but
he also gathered the teachings of Fiqh coming from Rasûlullah
and from the Sahâba and conveyed it to hundreds of his disciples.
Of these disciples, some were educated and trained as specialists
in ’Ilm-i kalâm, that is, in the teachings pertaining to îmân. Of
these, Abû Suleymân Jurjânî, one of those educated by Imâm-i
Muhammad Shaybânî, and Abû Bakr-i Jurjânî, one of this
person’s disciples, became well-known. And of these disciples,
Abû Nasr-i ’Iyâd educated Abû Mansûr-i Mâturîdî in the science
of Kalâm. Abû Mansûr recorded the teachings of Kalâm that
came from Imâm-i a’zam by way of books. Struggling against
those who had deviated from the right way, he consolidated the
belief of the Ahl as-sunnat. He spread it everywhere.
Everyday Imâm-i a’zam Abû Hanîfa ‘rahmatullâhi ’alaih’
performed the morning prayer in the mosque and then answered
his students till noon. Before midday, he performed Qaylûla
sitting. It is written in Shir’a-t-ul-Islâm, in Ibnî ’Âbidîn, in its
chapter about bey’-i-fâsid, [1]
and in Mawâhib-i ladunniyya, in its
chapter about dream interpretation, that it is sunnat to perform
Qaylûla, that is, to sleep for a while as the sun approaches noon.
It is written in Mîzân-ul-kubrâ [2] that Qaylûla can be performed in
the afternoon all well.
After early afternoon prayer he taught his disciples until night
prayer. After night prayer he went home and rested for a while.
Then he went to the mosque and worshipped until morning
prayer. This fact has been stated by Mis’ar bin Kadâm-i Kûfî, one
[1] Please see the thirty-first chapter of the fifth fascicle of Endless Bliss
for kinds of buying and selling.
[2] Written by ’Abd-ul-Wahhâb Sha’rânî ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’ (d.
973 [1565 A.D.]).
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