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Al-Awza'i | |
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ٱلْأَوْزَاعِيّ | |
Title | Imam |
Personal | |
Born | 707 |
Died | 774 (aged 66–67) |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Region | Sham |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Independent (eponym of the Awza'i school) |
Creed | Athari[1] |
Main interest(s) | |
Notable idea(s) | Awza'i school |
Arabic name | |
Personal (Ism) | ʿAbd al-Raḥmān عَبْد ٱلرَّحْمَٰن |
Patronymic (Nasab) | Ibn ʿAmr ٱبْن عَمْرو |
Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū ʿAmr أَبُو عَمْرو |
Toponymic (Nisba) | Al-Awzāʿī ٱلْأَوْزَاعِيّ |
Abū ʿAmr ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAmr al-Awzāʿī (Arabic: أَبُو عَمْرو عَبْد ٱلرَّحْمَٰن بْن عَمْرو ٱلْأَوْزَاعِيّ; 707–774) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, and the chief representative and eponym of the Awza'i school of Islamic jurisprudence.
The prominent traditionalists, such as Abū ʿAmr al-Awzāʿī (d.157/774) and Ahmad b. Ḥanbal (d.241/855)..