The source attributes this statement to the scholar without setting out a complete transmission chain. This describes the wording, not its authenticity.
وقد روي عن إبراهيم النخعي أنه قال لحماد بن أبي سليمان: إذا رأيت أبا حنيفة فاقرأه عني السلام، ثم مدحه. وروي عن الكلبي وهو صاحب التفسير قال: وجدت صفة أبي حنيفة في بعض الكتب، وأنه محشو من العلم والحكمة كالرمانة من الحب.
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It is related that Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī said to Ḥammād ibn Abī Sulaymān: “When you see Abū Ḥanīfa, convey my greetings to him.” He then praised him. It is also related that al-Kalbī, the Qurʾan commentator, said: “I found Abū Ḥanīfa’s description in some books: he is filled with knowledge and wisdom as a pomegranate is filled with seeds.”
Sources and text notes
al-Zaranjarī, Manāqib Abī Ḥanīfa · Reading edition: Şimşek & Kütük (2018).
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