the madh'hab of abu Hanifah

[abu Hasan]

ĥasbī mina’l khayrāti mā aádadtuhū
yawma’l qiyāmati fī riđa’r Raĥmāni
dīnu’n nabiyyi Muĥammadin khayru’l warā
thumma’átiqādī madh’haba’n númāni

the sufficient provisions i have prepared
for the day of judgement to please Raĥman
is the religion of Muĥammad, the best of all creation
and then the path of númān [abū ĥanīfah]

[šadr al-aimmah imām abū al-mu’ayyad al-muwaffaq ibn aĥmed al-makki (d.568 AH) in his book ‘al-manāqib’]

[Aqdas]

Shaykh Muhammad Tahir Patni Muhaddith in Majma-ul-Bahar writes that one clear evidence of the truth of the Hanafi madhab is that it is followed by the majority of Muslims.