Bukhari and Abū Hanifa; Two Opposites

Death of Prophet Muhammad (saww) led to a split within Muslim community over the leadership and succession to Rasoul Allah (saww) on political, scientific and religious issues. Some people just pledged allegiance to the Ahlul Bayt of Rasoul and became the Shias of Ali (a.s). Abū Hanifa as the representative of the Ahl al-Ra’y wa-l-Qiyas and Buhari, the leading figure of the Ahl al-Hadith were two opposites. Bukhari, in the book Sahih, disagrees with Abū Hanifa and tries to prove that the decisions made by Abū Hanifa are against the Holy Prophet’s traditions (saww). The purpose of this paper is to study the view of Bukhari and the scholars of Ahl al-Hadith about Abū Hanifa.