@miamuhammadmustafa: #imam Abu Hanifa | Imam Abu Hanifa 699-769 Imam Abu Hanifa passed away in 150 Hijri (769 AD) at the age of 70. There are two opinions about his death but the most popular one is that he died in jail as his food was poisoned. Some say he was released from the jail in critical health just a few days before he passed away. The real name of Imam Abu Hanifa was Numan ibnu Sabit, but he is known to everyone with his Kunya i.e. nickname "Abu Hanifa". There are two versions of facts behind this name. The word "Hanifa" means ink pot, and because the Imam used to keep an ink pot with him all the time, that is why he was called Abu Hanifa (sources found here and here, and from the book Imam Abu Hanifa: Life & Work, compiled by Abul Hasanat Qasim and published by Somokalin Prokashon, Bangladesh).