The Hanafi Madzhab, School of the Ahl al-Bayt
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ It is safe to say that, in Sunni Islam, the madzhab of the Ahl al-Bayt , or most directly linked to them, is the Hanafi madzhab . Imam al-A’azham , Imam Abu Hanifah Nu’man ibn Tsabit ( r.a. ) gained much knowledge from Imam Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Baqir ( q.s. ) as well as his son, Imam Ja’far ibn Muhammad asw-Swadiq ( q.s. ). In Swirath an-Nu’man , it is written that “Abu Hanifah sat for a long time at Imam Muhammad al-Baqir’s feet and acquired from him much valuable knowledge of fiqh and ahadits , not available anywhere else.” Even Shi’ah books fully attest to this fact and much more. Imam Jamal ad-Din al-Hasan ibn Yusuf Muthahhar al-Hilli ( r.a. ), a famous Shi’ah scholar, wrote in his books, Nahj al-Haqq , and Minhaj al-Karamah fi Thariqa’ al-Imamat , that Imam Abu Hanifah ( r.a. ) learned from Imam Muhammad al-Baqir ( q.s. ) as well as from his son, Imam Ja’far asw-Swadiq ( q.s. ), attaining high grades in...