5 - Those scholars in the four madhhabs who reached the grade of ijtihad and the great scholars educated by them are called the Ahl as-sunnat scholars. The leader and the founder of the Ahl as-sunnat is (Imam-i azam Abu Hanifa Numan bin Thabit (radi-Allahu ta'ala anh).)

6 - Sahl bin Abdullah Tusturi 'rahmatullahi alaih', one of the great Awliya who has reached the grade of haqiqat (the highest grade in sufism), says, "If there had been a person like Imam-i azam Abu Hanifa (rahmat-Allahi ta'ala 'alaih) among the ummats of Hadrat Musa and 'Isa, they wouldn't have turned into Jews or Christians." [Awliya are people whom Allah loves.]