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والدليل عليه ما ذكر الشيخ أبو عبدالله أبي حفص قال: ذكر بشر بن يحيى عن جرير بن عبدالحميد قال: سمعت الأعمش وجاءه رجل يسأله عن مسألة فقال: عليك بأهل تلك الحلقة، فإنهم إذا وقعت المسألة لا يزالون يديرونها حتى يصيبونها يعني حلقة أبي حنيفة وأصحابه.
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Evidence also is what the teacher Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Ḥafṣ mentioned: Bishr ibn Yaḥyā mentioned, from Jarīr ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd: I heard al-Aʿmash, when a man came with a question, say: “Go to the people of that circle. When a question arises, they continue turning it over until they get it right.” He meant the circle of Abū Ḥanīfa and his companions.
Sources and text notes
al-Zaranjarī, Manāqib Abī Ḥanīfa · Reading edition: Şimşek & Kütük (2018).
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