The source attributes this statement to the scholar without setting out a complete transmission chain. This describes the wording, not its authenticity.
وأما يزيد بن هارون فإنه قال: رويت عن أبي حنيفة أحاديث، فيا ليتها كانت أكثر مما هي، ثم قال: أبو حنيفة إمام يقتدى به.
Show English translation
Yazīd ibn Hārūn said: I transmitted hadiths from Abū Ḥanīfa; I wish they had been more numerous. Then he said: “Abū Ḥanīfa is an imam to be followed.”
Sources and text notes
al-Zaranjarī, Manāqib Abī Ḥanīfa · Reading edition: Şimşek & Kütük (2018).
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