Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i

Al-Awza'i
ٱلْأَوْزَاعِيّ
TitleImam
Personal
Born707
Died774 (aged 66–67)
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionSham
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceIndependent (eponym of the Awza'i school)
CreedAthari[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.

  1. ^ Krawietz, Birgit; Tamer, Georges; Holtzman, Livnatz (2013). "Debating the Doctrine of jabr (Compulsion): Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya Reads Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī". Islamic Theology, Philosophy and Law: Debating Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya. Berlin, Germany: Walter De Gruyter. p. 63. ISBN 978-3-11-028534-5. The prominent traditionalists, such as Abū ʿAmr al-Awzāʿī (d.157/774) and Ahmad b. Ḥanbal (d.241/855)..