Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Second Fascicle

in the preface of Ibni ’Âbidîn, in Khayrât-ul-hisân, in Mir’ât-i
kâinât, and also at the end of Hazânat-ul-muftîn. Reciting the
entire Qur’ân al-kerîm in one rak’at of namâz has been managed
only by ’Uthmân bin Affân, by Tamîm-i Dârî, by Sa’îd bin Jubayr,
and by Imâm-i a’zâm Abû Hanîfa. It is written in Shir’a-tul-Islam:
“It is mustahab to read the entire Qur’ân al-kerîm in forty days.
Rasûlullah used to recite it all once a year, for it had settled in his
blessed heart. While reading the Qur’ân al-kerîm it is necessary to
meditate over its meaning and to have it settle into the heart. For
this reason, he prohibited it from being read entirely in a period of
time shorter than three days. ’Uthmân bin Affân, Zayd bin
Thâbit, ’Abdullah ibni Mas’ud, Ubayy-ibnu Qa’b-il-hadrajî and
many of the Sahâba used to read it all once a week. ’Âbids (those
who worship much) should read it twice a week and those who
spread knowledge should read it once a week.” It is stated in a
hadîth-i-sherîf: “He who reads the entire Qur’ân al-kerîm in less
than three days cannot understand its meaning.” The hadîth does
not prohibit the performing of one prayer of namâz by reciting the
entire Qur’ân. Those who asked Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa
sallam’ were ordered to read it though according to the time that
was suitable with the conditions they were in and their jobs.
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ stated that Imâm-i
a’zam would come to the world. In a hadîth, which is quoted in
Diyâ-i ma’nawî, in Mawdû’âtul’ulûm, in Khayrât-ul-hisân, and
which is said to be sahîh in the book Ibni ’Âbidîn, is stated: “As
Âdam and all Prophets boast about me, so I boast about a person
with the surname Abû Hanîfa and with the name Nu’mân, who
will be the light of my Ummat. He will protect them against
deviating from the right way and from falling into the darkness of
nescience.” He died in 150 A.H., when he was seventy years old.
The great savant Hadrat Ibni Hajar-i Makkî states that the
hadîth-i-sherîf, “In the year one hundred and fifty the world’s
ornament will be gone,” is intended for Imâm-i a’zâm.
Shamsaddîn Sâmî Bey writes as follows in his Qâmûs-ul a’lâm:
“The name of Imâm-i a’zam Abû Hanîfa is Nu’mân. His
father’s name was Thâbit. He is the first of the four great imâms
of the Ahl as-sunnat. He is a great pillar of the brilliant Religion
of Muhammad ‘’alaihis-salâm’. He is a descendant of one of the
notables of Persia. His grandfather had embraced Islam. He was
born in the city of Kûfa in 80 A.H. He was born early enough to
live during the times of Anas bin Mâlik, ’Abdullah bin Abî ’Awfâ,
Sahl bin Sa’d-i Sâ’idî and Abu-t-tufeyl ’Âmir bin Wâsila, who
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