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When [[Yazid b. 'Umar b. Hubayra]] was appointed by [[Marwan II]] in [[129]]/746-7 as the ruler of [[Iraq]], he proposed the position of judgeship or, on some other accounts, monitoring the Treasury, to Abu Hanifa, but he rejected the proposal despite the pressures from Ibn Hubayra. | When [[Yazid b. 'Umar b. Hubayra]] was appointed by [[Marwan II]] in [[129]]/746-7 as the ruler of [[Iraq]], he proposed the position of judgeship or, on some other accounts, monitoring the Treasury, to Abu Hanifa, but he rejected the proposal despite the pressures from Ibn Hubayra. | ||
The pressures by Ibn Hubayra made him leave Kufa to Mecca. Thus, in the last two years to the end of the Umayyad dynasty, Abu Hanifa lived in Mecca, propagating his beliefs and opinions in fiqh. His serious rival there was | The pressures by Ibn Hubayra made him leave Kufa to Mecca. Thus, in the last two years to the end of the Umayyad dynasty, Abu Hanifa lived in Mecca, propagating his beliefs and opinions in fiqh. His serious rival there was Ayyub Sakhtiyani, the [[faqih]] of Basra, who had a sojourn in Mecca at the time. | ||
==Return to Kufa== | ==Return to Kufa== | ||