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Sufyān al-Thawrī

أَبُو عَبْد ٱللَّٰه سُفْيَان بْن سَعِيد بْن مَسْرُوق بْن حَمْزَة ٱلثَّوْرِيّ

Abū ʿAbd Allāh · al-Thawrī

716 CE – 778 CE (97 AH – 161 AH)(aged ~62) Born in Kufa Died in Baghdad Quraysh

Sufyān al-Thawrī was a prominent 8th-century Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, and hadith narrator, known for founding the Thawrī school of Islamic jurisprudence and for his asceticism.

Sufyān al-Thawrī was born in Khorasan in 716 CE and later moved to Kufa for his education. He was a supporter of the family of Ali ibn Abi Talib during the Umayyad Caliphate and eventually settled in Basra, where he studied under numerous teachers and taught many students. Known for his piety and asceticism, he was one of the Eight Ascetics and declined offers of high office from the Umayyad authorities. His jurisprudential thought influenced later Islamic legal traditions, although his own madhhab did not survive institutionally. He spent his final year in hiding following a dispute with Caliph al-Mahdi and died in 778 CE. His works include an early Qur'anic tafsir and a significant legal compilation, al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr.

Significance

Founder of the Thawrī madhhab and influential early Islamic jurist and hadith scholar.

Reputation in tradition

Praised in Sunni tradition as a pious ascetic, knowledgeable jurist, and respected hadith transmitter; considered one of the Eight Ascetics.
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Father

Saʿīd ibn Masrūq (سعيد بن مسروق)
Classical grade
thiqa
Generation
Tābiʿ al-Tābiʿīn
Narrations by collection
  • sahih muslim: 0
Why they matter in hadith

He is considered one of the most reliable and important hadith transmitters of the third generation.

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