Musnad al-Imam Abi Hanifah - Abu Nu'aym al-Asbahani

Al-Hafiz Abu Na’im arranged alphabetically the index of the Sheikhs of Abu Haneefa, then listed under each Sheikh his narrations, beginning the statement with “Abu Haneefa on the authority of so-and-so”, then he conveys the Sheikh’s narratives.

He has introduced first those with the name “Muhammad” before all others in honour of mentioning the Messenger of Allah; and so he has thereby followed the Hadith in mentioning the follow-ups and the testimonies, and alerting about oddities and peculiarities, while taking care of collecting the narration authorities, and explaining the reasons mentioned in them. This has been the practice of Abu Na’im, may Allah have mercy on him, in his works, which confirms the authentication of the book’s attribution to him.