The Spiritual Insight of Imam Abu Hanifa رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه 

The renowned spiritual guide and leader of Ahl al-Sunnah, Mawlānā Ilyās ꜤAṭṭār al-Qādirī دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ writes in his book “Call to Righteousness”:

Allamah Abdul Wahab Sh’arani رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states:

Imam Abu Hanifa رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه entered the wudu area of a masjid in Kufa and saw a young man performing wudu. He looked at the water dropping from him and said, “O son! Repent, for you have disobeyed your parents.” The young man responded immediately, “I have repented.” The imam رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه looked at the water dropping from another person and said to him, “O my brother! Repent, as you have fornicated.” The man replied, “I have repented.”

Imam Abu Hanifa رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه saw the drops of water falling from another man and said to him, “Repent, as you have been drinking alcohol and listening to music.” The man replied, “I have repented.” As the sins of people were made apparent to Imam Abu Hanifa رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه through spiritual insight, he asked Allah Almighty for this to be taken away from him. So, Allah Almighty accepted his du’a, and he رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه could no longer see the sins falling from those performing wudu.^[1]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers, Imam Abu Hanifa رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه could see the disobedience of the people around him through his spiritual insight. This is a great miracle of the imam. Ultimately, the imam could not tolerate becoming aware of people’s shortcomings, so he asked Allah Almighty to remove this ability from him, and Allah Almighty accepted his du’a.