The source attributes this statement to the scholar without setting out a complete transmission chain. This describes the wording, not its authenticity.
وقال أبو مقاتل السرقندي: لما جلس أبو حنيفة للفتيا واجتمع أصحابه وضع كتاب الصلة، فكانوا يتداولون ذلك بينهم ويسمى كتاب العروس فبينما هم على ذلك إذ فقدوا أبا حنيفة، ولزم البيت، فاغتم أصحابه لذلك فدخلوا عليه فقالوا له: ما الذي أقعدك عن مجلسك بعد إذ رغبتنا في طلب العلم؟ فقال: رأيت رؤيا فكرهتها فلم أخرج إليكم، فقالوا: كيف؟ فقال: رأيت كأني أنبش قبر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فأفظعني ذلك وأقعدني عنكم. قالوا: ههنا صاحب لابن سيرين، فأتوا صاحب ابن سرين فقصوها عليه، فقال: إن هذا رجل يحيي سنة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بعد إذ أميتت فأتوه بالبشرى ودعوا ذلك الرجل إلى أبي حنيفة فعبرها كما قال. قال: فسر بذلك أبو حنيفة فخرج وقعد لأصحابه.
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Abū Muqātil al-Samarqandī said: When Abū Ḥanīfa began giving legal opinions and his companions gathered, he composed the Book of Prayer. They circulated it among themselves and called it the Book of the Bride. Then they missed Abū Ḥanīfa: he remained at home. Distressed, they visited and asked: “What has kept you from your gathering, after encouraging us to seek knowledge?” He answered: “I saw a dream that I disliked, so I did not come.” They asked what it was. He said: “I dreamed that I was opening the Prophet’s grave. This horrified me and kept me away.” They said a companion of Ibn Sīrīn was present. They went to him and related the dream. He answered: “This man revives the Prophet’s practice after it has been allowed to die.” They brought Abū Ḥanīfa the good news and invited the man, who interpreted it in the same way. Abū Ḥanīfa rejoiced, came out and sat with his companions.
Sources and text notes
al-Zaranjarī, Manāqib Abī Ḥanīfa · Reading edition: Şimşek & Kütük (2018).
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