The book al-Fiqh al-Akbar that is attributed to Abu Haneefah (may Allah have mercy on him)

Question

Praise be to Allah.

Firstly:

The book
al-Fiqh al-Akbar that is attributed to Imam Abu Haneefah an-Nu‘maan (may
Allah have mercy on him), was narrated by Hammaad ibn Abi Haneefah or Abu
Mutee‘ al-Hakam ibn ‘Abdullah al-Balkhi. Neither of them is a sound
narration from Abu Haneefah (may Allah be pleased with him). Moreover, they
both include opinions that are contrary to the view of Ahl as-Sunnah
wa’l-Jamaa‘ah, as was explained by Dr. ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Ahmad al-Humaydi
in his book Baraa’ah al-A’immah al-Arba‘ah min Masaa’il al-Mutakallimeen
al-Mubtadi‘ah, p. 46-71. But the book is well-known among the Hanafis
and is followed by most of them, and it contains good affirmation of some of
the divine attributes, such as exaltedness. Hence Ibn Qudaamah, Ibn
Taymiyah, Ibn al-Qayyim and adh-Dhahabi (may Allah have mercy on them)
quoted from it.

Dr
Muhammad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahmaan al-Khamees wrote a commentary on it entitled
ash-Sharh al-Muyassar ‘ala al-Fiqhayn al-Absat wa’l-Akbar al-Mansoobayn li
Abi Haneefah. Refer to this commentary to find out what is correct and
what is not in the original book. Alternatively, you could read the books of
the early generations (the salaf) which are correctly attributed to them,
the contents of which are free of anything that is contrary (to sound
belief), such as I‘tiqaad as-Salaf Ashaab al-Hadeeth by as-Saabooni;
at-Tawheed by Ibn Khuzaymah; at-Tawheed by Ibn Mandah;
ash-Sharee‘ah by al-Aajurri; Sharh Usool I‘tiqaad Ahl as-Sunnah
wa’l-Jamaa‘ah by at-Tabari al-Laalkaa’i; Ithbaat Sifat al-‘Uluw
by Ibn Qudaamah; al-‘Uluw by adh-Dhahabi; al-‘Aqeedah
al-Waasitiyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, and others that are
available in printed form, praise be to Allah.

And Allah
knows best.