Hazrat Imam Abu Hanifa rh said

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Some of the narrations from Kitab ul athar are posted here...

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95, Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us from Hammad from Ibrahim that Alqamah ibn Qays and al-Aswad ibn Yazid said, 'We were with ibn Mas'ud when suddenly it became time for the prayer. So he stood to pray and we stood behind him, but he made one of us stand on his right and the other on his left and then he stood between us. When he finished he said, "Do it like this when you are three." When he bowed he placed his hands together, palm to palm, and he prayed without the call to prayer or the iqamah saying, "The iqamah of the people around us suffices us.

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87. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us from Hammad that Sa'id ibn Jubayr said, 'Recite behind the Imam in Zuhr and Asr, and do not recite behind him in anything else.'

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86. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us saying , 'Abul Hasan Musa ibn Abi Aisha narrated to us from Abdullah ibn Shaddad ibn al-Had that Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari said, "The Messenger of Allah (salallahu 'alahyi wa sallam) prayed with a man behind him reciting, so a man from the Companions of the Prophet (salallahu 'alahyi wa sallam) began to forbid him to recite during the prayer. So he said, 'Do you forbid me to recite behind the Prophet (salallahu 'alahyi wa sallam)?' And they quarrelled until that was mentioned to the Prophet (salallahu 'alahyi wa sallam). The Prophet (salallahu 'alahyi wa sallam) said, 'Whoever prays behind an Imam, the Imam's recitation is his recitation.'

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82. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us from Hammad that Ibrahim said, 'Ibn Masud said concerning a man who recited "In the name of Allah, the All - Merciful, the Most Merciful" aloud [in the prayer], that it is the practice of hte desert Arabs and that he did not use to recite it aloud nor did any of his companions.'

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78. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us saying, "Bilal narrated to us from Wahb ibn Kaysan that Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari said, "The Messenger of Allah (salallahu 'alahyi wa sallam) used to teach us the tashahhud and the saying of takbir* in the prayer just as he would teach us a surah of the Quran."

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77. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us from Hammad that Ibrahim said, 'Someone who prayed (Alqamah ibn Qays) beside Abdullah ibn Mas'ud informed me that he had been eager to hear his voice but could only hear him saying, "My Lord increase me in knowledge," which he repeated over and over again and so the man thought he was reciting Ta Ha.'"

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75. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us saying, 'Uthman ibn Abdullah ibn Mawhab narrated to us htat he prayed behind Abu Hurayrah who used to say takbir every time he prostrated and every time he lifted him self up.'"

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72. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us from Hammad from Ibrahim that some of the people of Basra came to Umar ibn al-Khattab only for the purpose of asking him about the beginning of the prayer. He said, 'So Umar ibn al - Khattab stood and began the prayer with them behind him, and then recited aloud saying, "Glorious are You, O Allah and with your praise, and blessed is Your name, exalted is Your Majesty and there is no god other than You,"'" (The normal Thana)

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71. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us saying, 'Aban narrated to us from Abu Nadrah from Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari from the Prophet (salallahu 'alahyi wa sallam) that he said, "Whoever takes a ghusl on the day of Jumu'ah has done well, but whoever does not take a ghusl and [suffices himself with wudu] it is fine."

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67. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us from Hammad that Ibrahim said, 'Ibn Masud looked at the sun when it set and said, "This is its decline[duluk]."

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66. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us from Hammad from Ibrahim that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, 'Delay Zhur until the coolness following the intense heat of Jahannam.'"

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57. . Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us saying, 'Hammad narrated to us from Ibrahim that Umm Sulaym bint Milhan came to the prophet (salallahu 'alahyi wa sallam) to ask him about a woman experiancing in dream what men experiance. The Prophet (salallahu 'alahyi wa sallam) said, "If any of you women experience what men experience, let her take a ghusl."

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48. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us from Hammad from Ibrahim from A'isha, the Mother of the Mu'minun, , that 'The Messenger of Allah (salalllaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) would take a ghusl with one of his wives from a single vessel both of them contending for the water at the same time.'"

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46. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us, 'Abu Ishaq as-Sabi'i narrated to us from al-Aswad ibn Yazid that A'isha, the Mother of the Mu'minun, said, "The Messenger of Allah (salallahu 'alahyi wa sallam) would make love to his wife at the beginning of the night and sleep without touching water. Then if he woke in the latter part of the the night he would do it again and take a ghusl."'"

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138. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa infrormed us from Hammad from Ibrahim from Aisha (raa) that the Prophet (saw) used to pray while she slept by his side and he was wearing a garment one side of which lay over her."

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134. Muhammad said, "Ibrahim ibn Yazid al-Makki informed us from 'Amr ibn Dinaar that Ali ibn Abi Talib said concerning the man who leads people in prayer while in need of a ghusl because of sexual relations, 'He must repeat the prayer and so must they.'

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132. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifah informed us from Hammad from Ibrahim that Ibn Mas'ud led his companions in prayer in his house without an ashan or iqamah and said, The imam's iqamah [in the mosque] suffices.'"

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123. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifah informed us from Hammaad from Ibrahim that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "I would not like to leave off doing the witr woth three [rak'ahs] even if I were to have red camels.'"

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122. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifah informed us saying, Zubayd al-Yaami narrated to us from Dharr al_Hamdaani (from Sa'id ibn Abd ar-Rahmaan ibn Abza that his father said, "The Messenger of Allah (saw) used to to recite) in the witr, in the first rak'ah,'Glorfy the name of your Lord the Most High....' (Surat as-A'la), and in the second, 'Say to the ones who are kaafir....' meaning 'Say: "Kaafirun!....!' (Surat al-Kaafirun) which is thus in the recitation of ibn Mas'ud , and in the third, 'Say: He is Allah, Absolute Oneness,...' (Surat al - Ikhlaas)."

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120. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifah informed us from Hammad from Ibrahim that the Messenger of Allah (saw) used to rest one hand on the other in prayer showing humility to Allah, exalted is He."

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119. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifah informed us from Hammad from Ibrahim that when Abdullah ibn Umar prostrated for a long time, he would rest his elbows on his thighs."

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113. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifah informed us saying, 'Ma'n ibn Abd ar-Rahman narrated to us from al-Qaasim ibn Abd ar-Rahman from his father that Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said, 'Treat the prayer with dignity,' meaning be still in it."

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112. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifah informed us saying, "Alqamah ibn Marthad narrated to us from Ali [ibn al-Aqmar] from Humraan. (Ali] said, "Ibn Umar was never to be seen narrating but that Humraan was one of the closest people to him in the assembly." [Ali} said, "So he said to him one day, 'I think that you cling so close to us that we can bring you some good.'He said, 'Of course, Abu Abd ar-Rahman .'He said, 'Watch out for the three things, two of which I forbid you and one of which I command you to do.'He asked, 'What are they Abu Abd ar-Rahman?' He said, 'Do not die owing a debt except for which you leave payment. Never repudiate a child of yours, because in retaliation he will make you notorious for it on the day of rising just as you gave him notoriety in the world. Your lord does not wrong anyone. Take care of two rak'ahs of Fajr and do not give them up because they are of the highly desired matters.'

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111. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifah informed us saying, 'Al-Harith ibn Ziyad or Muhaarib ibn Dithaar narrated to us that Abdullah ibn Umar said, "Whoever prays four rak'ahs after Isha before leaving the mosque, then they equal to four rak'ahs on Laylat al - Qadr."

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105. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifah informed us from Hammad from Abu'd-Duha from Masruq that when Abu Bakr as-Siddiq said the salaam after the prayer he used to be as if he were sitting on hot stones until he had moved from his place."

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101. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifah informed us that Husayn ibn Abdur Rahman said, 'Abdullah ibn Umar used to pray supererogatory prayers on his mount in what ever direction it would turn with him. Then when it was the obligatory prayer or the witr he would dismount and pray.'

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100. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifah informed us saying, 'Abu Ja'far narrated to us saying, "The Messenger of Allah (salallahu 'alahyi wa sallam) used to pray thirteen rak'ahs between prayer of Isha and thr Fajr: eight supererogatory rak'ahs, three rak'ahs of witr and two rak'ahs of Fajr.

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99. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifah informed us saying, 'Abu Sufyan narrated to us from al-Hasan al-Basri that the messenger of Allah (salallahu 'alahyi wa sallam) used to pray while sitting in ihtibah in supererogatory prayers.'

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96. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us from Hammad from Ibrahim that Umar ibn Khattaab placed two of them behind him and prayed in front of them, and he would place his hands on his knees. Ibrahim said, 'The way that Umar did it is prefereable to me.'

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156. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifah informed us saying, 'Asim ibn Abu'n- Najud narrated to us from Abu Razin that Abdullah ibn Masud took a louse during the prayer and buried it. Then later he said, 'Did we not make the earth a receptacle for the living and the dead?' (Surat al-Mursalat: 25-26)"

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152. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us saying, 'Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr narrated to us from Abu Ghadiyah that Umar ibn al-Khattab used to beat people for praying after Asr.'"

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151. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us from Hammad from Ibrahim that Umar ibn al-Khattab led his companions in Maghrib without reciting any of the Quran in the whole time until he finished. His companions said to him, 'What prevented you from reciting, Amir al - Mu'minin?' He said, 'Did I not do that? I was equipping an army to go from Madinah to Sham and I continued to ride with it stage by stage until it reached Sham,' and so he and his companions repeated the prayer."

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147. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us saying, 'Ali ibn al-Aqmar narrated to us that the Prophet (saw) passed by a man who had draped his garment over his head and shoulders allowing the rest of it trail down over his body during the prayer and so he folded it up for him'"

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145. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us that Hammad said, 'I asked Ibrahim about prayer before Maghrib and he forbade me to do it. He said, "The Prophet (saw) , Abu Bakr and Umar did not pray it"

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142. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us saying, 'Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr narrated to us from Ma'bad ibn Subayh that a man of the companions of the Messenger of Allah (saw) prayed behind Uthman ibn Affaan . The man broke wind and so left the prayer. He did not speak until he had done wudu and then returned saying, " and they do not knowingly persist in what they were doing" (Surah Al Imran: 135). So he calculated what he prayed and prayed what remained.'"

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141. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us from Hammad from Ibrahim that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab said, 'The ugliest vice is any discourse after the prayer of 'Isha except for in prayer or recitation of Quran.'"

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140. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us from Hammaad from Ibrahim that al-Aswad ibn Yazid asked A'ishah (raa) the Mother of the Mu'minum, about what interrupts the prayer [and invalidates it by passing in front of it] and she said, 'Do you not claim, people of Iraq, that donkeys, dogs, women and cats interrupt the prayer, and so you couple us [women] with them [animals]? Avert what you can, because nothing interrupts the prayer.'"

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157. Muhammad said, "Abu Hanifa informed us that Hammad said, 'I asked Ibrahim about a man who slaughters a sheep while in wudhu and some blood gets on his hand. He said, "He should wash off what has got on to him but he does not need to repeat wudhu."

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1. Muhammad ibn al-Hasan said, "Abu Hanifa informed us from Hammaad from Ibrahim [an-Nakha'i] from al-Aswad ibn Yazid that Umar ibn al-Khattaab رضي الله عنه performed wudu , and washed his hands twice, rinsed his mouth twice, rinsed his nose twice, washed his face twice, washed his forearms twice: backwards and forward, then wiped his head twice, and washed his feet twice. Hammaad said, 'Once suffices if it is done fully.'"

Muhammad said "This is the verdict of Abu Hanifa, and we adhere to it."

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.wikih...m-Wudu%3famp=1

...yikes I been doing it wrong forever!

I always wash thrice.

At least it does not say, with one glass of water.

1. Muhammad ibn al-Hasan said, "Abu Hanifa informed us from Hammaad from Ibrahim [an-Nakha'i] from al-Aswad ibn Yazid that Umar ibn al-Khattaab رضي الله عنه performed wudu , and washed his hands twice, rinsed his mouth twice, rinsed his nose twice, washed his face twice, washed his forearms twice: backwards and forward, then wiped his head twice, and washed his feet twice. Hammaad said, 'Once suffices if it is done fully.'"

Muhammad said "This is the verdict of Abu Hanifa, and we adhere to it."

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.wikih...m-Wudu%3famp=1

...yikes I been doing it wrong forever!

I always wash thrice.

At least it does not say, with one glass of water.

No, you are doing it right. Washing thrice is the Sunnah. Washing at least once is fardh.
Washing twice is when you already have wudhu and you want to do it again for the next prayer, or if you are travelling and you want to save water or some other similar reason.

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No, you are doing it right. Washing thrice is the Sunnah. Washing at least once is fardh.
Washing twice is when you already have wudhu and you want to do it again for the next prayer, or if you are travelling and you want to save water or some other similar reason.

Ok, thanks for the clarification.