Imam Abu Hanifah Abstained From Meat For 7 Years

The greatness of his piety (Wara’, i.e higher form of Tawa) is conspicuous from his abstention of consuming meat for seven years. Someone’s goat in Kufah was lost and could not be found. He enquired as to the life-span of a goat. He was informed that a goat can live up to seven years. Hence, Imaam Abu Hanifah abstained from eating meat for seven years fearing that the meat which he consumes may be contaminated by the meat of the lost goat. Consuming Mushtabah (doubtful) and Haraam produces Zulmat (spiritual darkness) in the heart.