Abu Hanifa

“It is unlawful for any person to accept my view without knowing the source from where we got them.”

“If I ever say something that contradicts the book of Allah and the Prophet(Peace be upon him) then leave my statement.”

“For the attainment of knowledge satisfaction is useful and satisfaction is not gained by increasing information but by decreasing it.”

“When a hadith is authentic, then that is my madhab.”

“Stick to the narrations and the way of the salaf(pious predecessors) and beware of newly invented matters for all of it is innovation.”

“If you learned the sacred knowledge for the sake of this world, then the knowledge will be never rooted in your heart.”

“Difficulties are the result of sin. The sinful therefore does not have the right to lament when difficulties befall him.”

“‘Before we enter into a discussion on this question, tell me what you think of a boat in the Euphrates which goes to shore, loads itself with food and other things, then returns, anchors and unloads all by itself without anyone sailing or controlling it?’ They said, ‘That is impossible; it could never happen.’ Thereupon he said to them, ‘If it is impossible with respect to a ship, how is it possible for this whole world, with all its vastness, to move by itself?'”