Imam Abu Hanifa (May Allah be pleased with him) Was A Businessman.

“As a merchant in the garrison town, Al-Numan’s textile business flourished and he established a reputation for scrupulous honesty and fairness. In time he would come to be known as Abu Hanifa, a nickname meaning ‘the Father of Orthodoxy’, and the parallels between the Prophet’s ﷺ reputation as a merchant – who himself had earned the nickname Al-Amin, meaning the Trustworthy One – as well as the Prophet’s closest companion, Abu Bakr as-Siddiq – who had been a textile merchant – did not go unnoticed.”

~ Heaven’s Bankers
   by Harris Irfan