Jalaluddin as-Suyuti: Imam Abu Hanifah Prophesied in Surat al-Jumu'ah and Hadith ath-Thurayya

 

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الصلاة والسلام عليك يا سيدي يا رسول الله

وعلى آلك واصحابك يا سيدي يا رسول الله

فداك ابي وامي يا رسول الله

In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful

Let me prove that the Great Imam Abu Hanifah رحمة الله عليه has the incredible virtue of having been prophesied about in both the Holy Quran and the Hadith of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم

Allah Most High says:

وَّاٰخَرِیۡنَ مِنۡہُمۡ لَمَّا یَلۡحَقُوۡا بِہِمۡ

And others from among them who have not yet joined them

(Surah 62 Ayah 3)

And the interpretation of this Ayah was given by none other than the Holy Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم when he was asked about it by Abu Hurairah رضى الله عنه while he was sitting with some of his Companions among whom was Salman the Persian رضى الله عنه too. Abu Hurairah رضى الله عنه asked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم who those people were in the aforementioned Ayah thrice, and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم remained silent and did not answer him until Abu Hurairah رضى الله عنه had asked the third time. This was because he صلى الله عليه وسلم was receiving Wahi (Prophetic Revelation) from Allah in answer to Abu Hurairah’s inquiry. Then the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم placed his hand upon Salman رضى الله عنه and said:

لَوْ كَانَ الإِيمَانُ عِنْدَ الثُّرَيَّا لَنَالَهُ رِجَالٌ أَوْ رَجُلٌ مِنْ هَؤُلاَءِ

If the Faith was at the Pleiades men or a man from among these would reach it

(Sahih al-Bukhari)

Interestingly, the great Imam Jalaluddin as-Suyuti, who was of the Shafi’i school of jurisprudence, stated that this grand prophecy was fulfilled in the person of Imam Abu Hanifah (Tabyid as-Sahifah bi-Manaqib Abi Hanifah, p.32):