Hazrat Imam e Azam Abu Haneefa

Numan bin Sabit رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ was born in the city of Kufa (Iraq) in the year 80 A.H/689 C.E. He is better known as Al-imam al-Azam (the greatest Imam) or by his kunyah Abu Hanifa. He was born into a family of tradesmen; the imam’s family was of Persian origin. Imam Abu Hanifa’s father, Sabit, had met in the city of Kufa the companion Sayyiduna Ali رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ who made dua for him and his progeny, and some say that Abu Hanifa was a result of this dua.