Sufyan al-Thawri

Sufyan al-Thawri
سُفْيَان ٱلثَّوْرِيّ
Title
Personal
Born716 CE / 97 AH
Died778 CE (aged 61–62) / 161 AH (aged 63–64)
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionKufa
DenominationSunni
Jurisprudence
Main interest(s)
Occupation
Arabic name
Personal
(Ism)
Sufyān
سُفْيَان
Patronymic
(Nasab)
Ibn Saʿīd ibn Masrūq ibn Ḥamza ibn Ḥabīb ibn Mawhiba ibn Naṣr ibn Thaʿlaba ibn Malakān ibn Thawr
ٱبْن سَعِيد بْن مَسْرُوق بْن حَمْرَة بْن حَبِيب بْن مَوْهِبَة بْن نَصْر بْن ثَعْلَبَة بْن مَلَكَان بْن ثَوْر
Teknonymic
(Kunya)
Abū ʿAbd Allāh
أَبُو عَبْد ٱللَّٰه
Toponymic
(Nisba)
Al-Thawrī al-Rabābī al-Tamīmī al-Muḍarī al-Kūfī
ٱلثَّوْرِيّ ٱلرَّبَابِيّ ٱلتَّمِيمِيّ ٱلْمُضَرِيّ ٱلْكُوفِيّ
Muslim leader


Abū ʿAbd Allāh Sufyān ibn Saʿīd ibn Masrūq ibn Ḥamza al-Thawrī al-Muḍarī al-Kūfī (Arabic: أَبُو عَبْد ٱللَّٰه سُفْيَان بْن سَعِيد بْن مَسْرُوق بْن حَمْرَة ٱلثَّوْرِيّ ٱلْمُضَرِيّ ٱلْكُوفِيّ; 716–778 CE / 97–161 AH), commonly known as Sufyān al-Thawrī (Arabic: سُفْيَان ٱلثَّوْرِيّ), was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, ascetic, traditionist, and eponymous founder of the Thawri school of Islamic jurisprudence, considered one of the Eight Ascetics.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Steven C. Judd, “Competitive hagiography in biographies of al-Awzaʿi and Sufyan al-Thawri”, Journal of the American Oriental Society 122:1 (Jan–March, 2002).
  2. ^ "Sufism in Islam". www.livingislam.org. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  3. ^ "Sufyan ath-Thawri ibn Said". Wajibad. 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

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