It is narrated that in the time of Imam Abu Hanifa two shias were passing by a big gathering of people. After enquiring they found that it's time for Imam Abu Hanifa's class.
The narrator (one of the two shias) says: my friend (Fadhl ibn Hasan) who was a learned man told me: “I want to attend this majlis and then discuss with their Imam”.I told him: he's a great scholar, you can't debate with him. He replied: I believe in Haq which cannot be defeated. We entered the class and sat there and at the right time Fadhl stood up and told Abu Hanifa: O' sheikh, I have a brother who is a Shia and everytime I try to convince him that after the Holy Prophet (SAW) Abu Bakr was the greatest person in Islam and rightfully the caliph, he disagrees and says Hazrat Ali ibn Abi talib(AS) is the right successor....
