Sufyan al-Thawri | |
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سُفْيَان ٱلثَّوْرِيّ | |
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| Born | 716 CE / 97 AH |
| Died | 778 CE (aged 61–62) / 161 AH (aged 63–64) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Region | Kufa |
| Denomination | Sunni |
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| Creed | Athari |
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| 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 |
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| Eight Ascetics |
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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]
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Sufism in Islam". www.livingislam.org. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ "Sufyan ath-Thawri ibn Said". Wajibad. 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2021-07-31.