حدثنا محمد بن محمد بن سلام أبو نصر الفقيه، قال: سمعت محمد بن الفضيل، قال: سمعت أبا مطيع، يقول: ما رأيت من أصحاب الحديث أفقه من سفيان الثوري، وكان أبو حنيفة أفقه منه.
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Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Sallām, Abū Naṣr the jurist, related to us. He said: I heard Muḥammad ibn al-Fuḍayl say: I heard Abū Muṭīʿ say: I have never seen anyone among the people of hadith more learned in jurisprudence than Sufyān al-Thawrī. Abū Ḥanīfa was more learned in jurisprudence than him.
Source · Volume 1 · Printed page 91 · Report 174
2020 edition · Volume 1
- Printed page 91 · PDF page 92
Narrators: Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Sallām · محمد بن الفضيل (report 174; identity unresolved) · Abū Muṭīʿ (as printed)