I am sorry brother but even the title of this article is misleading. Imam Abu Hanifa himself said that had it not been for Imam Jaffar as Sadiqs’ company he would have been dead. Imam Jaffar as Sadiq (as) was the biggest aalim of his time and Abu Hanifa travelled from Kufa to Madina to study under him. According to all the major histories the ilm of Ahlul Bayt (as) was unparalelled. Rasool Allah called Imam Baqir (as) “Baqir ul Ilm”! take a look at this 2 minute clip from Dr Tahir ul Qadri and listen to the whole lecture if you get time: