Chosen Saints of God and the Bigoted Mullas — Page 11
(a) Abu Hanifa re-laid the foundation of idolatory and was, therefore, a heresiarch. (b) Abu Hanifa was a Murjia and a Johniya apostate; and the Murjiah are out of the pale of Islam. Therefore all the Hanifites also are out of the pale of Islam. (c) Abu Hanifa was the 'Horn of Satan'. (d) Abu Hanifa openly stood against the Holy Quran. (e) Abu Hanifa was a rebel and he died in rebellion. (f) Abu Hanifa's date of death according to the "Abjad" reckoning is "SAG” (dog). (g) There is no more contemptible and ill-omened person in Islam than Abu Hanifa (p. 17 of Cross-Examination). . According to Maulana Shibli Nomaani, Hazrat Imam Abu. Hanifa (mercy of God be upon him) was thrown into prison and was poisoned there. When he realised that he had been poisoned and felt the poison working in his system he fell down in prostration and died in that position. (Seerat-al-No'maan by Shibli, p. 63 and Taareekh-ul-Khulafa, p. 141, and Tatheer-ul-Auliya, by Mir Mudathar Shah Gilani: p. 13-14). In one of his letters Nawab Muhsin-ul-Mulk wrote, "What the bigoted people did to Abu Hanifa is so shameful that one feels ashamed of putting it in black and white. Some called him ignorant; others said that he was an innovator and there were some others who declared him to be an apostate". (Lahore. Weekly: July, 1974: p. 10) (4) HAZRAT IMAM MAALIK BIN ANS (born 93 H. , died 179. Hijra) was a saint and a scholar of very great fame and was very much devoted to the Holy Prophet. In his age he had no equal in piety and in faithfully following the Traditions of the Holy. Prophet. He was the author of the famous "Mo'attaa" which is considered to be a very authentic collection of the Traditions. . His concepts became more popular in Spain and the countries in North Africa. It is mentioned in his biography, "When Ja'far went to Medina, he forced people to take the oath of initiation 11