Status Updates From Pioneers of Islamic Scholar...

Imam Zayd - ibn Ali(Zain ul Abideen) - ibn Hussain - ibn Ali - ibn Abu Talib
80H - 122H (700CE - 742CE)
Shia school, closest to Sunni thought.
Whose rebellion Abu Hanifa sponsored.
Who believes in no Taqiya, no infallibility of imams, respect and legitimacy of Abu Bakr n Umar’s caliphate.
A personality of high stature, a force to reckon with.
Martyred by forces of Caliph Hisham bin Abdul Malik.

Ibn Hazm 384H, face of Zahiri school, accepts only written texts, rejects analogies, the very notion of trying to attach reasons for Islamic rules & laws.
“Had it not been for usage of scathing remarks & some phrases that are evidently inappropriate & out of place, it would have been the best book ever on Sunnī Fiqh. His scathing remarks alienate many who feel that greater respect is due to such fine scholars.”

Abu Hanifah-> Nauman bin Thabit. The first man. The man out of Madinah.
Imam Malik. The second guy. 73H. The man of Madinah
Imam Muhammad bin Idris al Shafi, the third. 150H. One who combined last 2, making a new.
Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal. 4th. Most unique, originally a Hadith scholar, turned into Faqeeh.

Imam Abu Hanifah once forgave a man who accused him of being a heretic. He said, "I forgive anyone who says something against me if he is ignorant. If he is a scholar, then the situation is more difficult..."

Imam Abu Hanifah said to the man who accused him of being a heretic, "May Allah forgive you, for He knows that I am unlike what you have said..." When the man asked to be forgiven, Imam Abu Hanifah said "I forgive anyone who says something against me if he is ignorant. If he is a scholar, than the situation is more difficult..."