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day on, he spent the whole night in prayer and said: “I will be ashamed before
Allah to be described with something I do not possess in connection with my
worship of Him.”
As to his ascetism, it has been reported that al Rabi ibn Asim once said, “I was
sent by Yazid ibn Umar ibn Hubayrah to summon Abu Hanifah before him. On
his appearing, Yazid offered him the position of governor of the treasury, but Abu
Hanifah declined the offer and consequently Yazid had him scourged with twenty
lashes. It can be seen how he had run away from the office of governor of the
treasury and bore the torture instead.
Al Hakam ibn Hisham al Thaqafi said that he had once, while in Damascus,
related a tradition to the effect that Abu Hanifah was one of the most honest men
and that the governor had wanted him to take charge of the keys of the treasury
or be scourged if he refused, but Abu Hanifah would have nothing of that,
preferring torture at the hands of the governor to torture at the hands of Allah.
It was also reported on the authority of Muhammad ibn Shuja, on the authority of
one of his companions, that Abu Hanifah was once told: “The Prince of Believers,
Allah to be described with something I do not possess in connection with my
worship of Him.”
As to his ascetism, it has been reported that al Rabi ibn Asim once said, “I was
sent by Yazid ibn Umar ibn Hubayrah to summon Abu Hanifah before him. On
his appearing, Yazid offered him the position of governor of the treasury, but Abu
Hanifah declined the offer and consequently Yazid had him scourged with twenty
lashes. It can be seen how he had run away from the office of governor of the
treasury and bore the torture instead.
Al Hakam ibn Hisham al Thaqafi said that he had once, while in Damascus,
related a tradition to the effect that Abu Hanifah was one of the most honest men
and that the governor had wanted him to take charge of the keys of the treasury
or be scourged if he refused, but Abu Hanifah would have nothing of that,
preferring torture at the hands of the governor to torture at the hands of Allah.
It was also reported on the authority of Muhammad ibn Shuja, on the authority of
one of his companions, that Abu Hanifah was once told: “The Prince of Believers,