Ḥammād is described as religious, scrupulous and ascetic, with knowledge of jurisprudence and involvement in writing hadith. A report recalls Sharīk praising his restraint when he appeared to give testimony.
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ومن أصحاب أبي حنيفة أيضا [ابنه] حماد
وكان الغالب عليه الدين والورع والزهد مع علم بالفقه وكتابة للحديث.
ومن أصحاب أبي حنيفة أيضا: ابنه حماد.
وكان الغالب عليه: الدين والورع والزهد، مع علم بالفقه، وكتابة للحديث.
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Among Abū Ḥanīfa’s companions was also [his son] Ḥammād.
Religious commitment, scrupulousness and asceticism predominated in him, together with knowledge of jurisprudence and the writing of hadith.
Among Abū Ḥanīfa’s companions was also his son Ḥammād.
Religious commitment, scrupulousness and asceticism predominated in him, together with knowledge of jurisprudence and the writing of hadith.
Both report texts and their locations have been checked against the supplied scans. Punctuation and spacing are lightly normalized; editorial dates and entry numbers are kept outside the report text.
Editorial biographical information
Death date printed by the modern editor: 176 AH. Baktāsh edition, p. 261, n. 1. This is not a date stated in the older report text.
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Editorial marking and reference
Al-Afghānī’s edition brackets ابنه; Baktāsh prints it without brackets. Baktāsh also adds a death date of 176 AH and references al-Dhahabī and al-Lakhnawī. These references and the date are editorial additions, outside the biographical sentence.
Al-Afghānī · 1985
ومن أصحاب أبي حنيفة أيضا [ابنه] حماد
Baktāsh · 2023
ومن أصحاب أبي حنيفة أيضا: ابنه حماد
Al-Afghānī edition, p. 158.
Baktāsh edition, p. 261, n. 1: Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ 6/403; al-Fawāʾid al-Bahiyya, p. 69.
أخبرنا عمر بن أحمد بن شاهين قال ثنا محمد بن أحمد بن يعقوب بن شيبة قال حدثني جدي قال سمعت أبا نعيم الفضل بن دكين قال: تقدم حماد بن أبي حنيفة إلى شريك بن عبد الله في شهادة، فقال له شريك: والله إنك لعفيف البطن والفرج خيار مسلم.
أخبرنا عمر بن أحمد بن شاهين، قال: ثنا محمد بن أحمد بن يعقوب بن شيبة، قال: حدثني جدي، قال: سمعت أبا نعيم الفضل بن دكين، قال: تقدم حماد بن أبي حنيفة إلى شريك بن عبد الله في شهادة. فقال له شريك: والله إنك لعفيف البطن، والفرج، خيار مسلم.
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ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad ibn Shāhīn informed us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Yaʿqūb ibn Shayba narrated to us. He said: My grandfather narrated to me. He said: I heard Abū Nuʿaym al-Faḍl ibn Dukayn say: Ḥammād ibn Abī Ḥanīfa came before Sharīk ibn ʿAbd Allāh to give testimony. Sharīk said to him: “By God, you are restrained in your appetites and chaste, an excellent Muslim.”
ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad ibn Shāhīn informed us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Yaʿqūb ibn Shayba narrated to us. He said: My grandfather narrated to me. He said: I heard Abū Nuʿaym al-Faḍl ibn Dukayn say: Ḥammād ibn Abī Ḥanīfa came before Sharīk ibn ʿAbd Allāh to give testimony. Sharīk said to him: “By God, you are restrained in your appetites and chaste, an excellent Muslim.”
Both report texts and their locations have been checked against the supplied scans. Punctuation and spacing are lightly normalized; editorial dates and entry numbers are kept outside the report text.