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Thawri
The Thawri () Madhhab was a short-lived school of Islamic Jurisprudence. Its founder was Sufyan Al-Thawri, a great 8th century scholar, jurist and hadith compiler.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). After Ath-Thawri's move to Basra later in his life, his jurisprudential thought ( usul) became more closely aligned to that of the Umayyads and of Al-Awza'i. He spent the last year of his life hiding after a dispute between him and the Abbasid Caliph Muhammad Ibn Mansur Al-Mahdi. After his death, the Thawri Madhhab was taken up by his students, including notably Yahya al-Qattan. However, his school did not survive, but his jurisprudential thought and especially hadith transmission are highly regarded in Islam, and have influenced all the major schools A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sufyan Al-Thawri
Sufyan al-Thawri ( ar, أبو عبد الله سفيان بن سعيد بن مسروق الثوري, ʼAbu ʿAbd Allāh Sufyān ibn Saʻīd ibn Masrūq al-Thawrī ; 716–778) was a ''Tābi‘ al-Tābi‘īn'' Islamic scholar, jurist, and founder of the Thawri madhhab.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). He was also a great hadith compiler ( muhaddith) and was known as one of the ‘Eight Ascetics. Biography Sufyan ath-Thawri was born in Khorosan. His nisba ''al-Thawri'' is derived from his ancestor Thawr b. 'Abd Manat. He moved to Kufa, Iraq, for his education and in his youth supported the Family of Ali ibn Abi Talib against the dying Umayyad caliphate. By 748 he had moved to Basra, "where he met Abdallahibn 'Awn and Ayyub l-Sakhtiyani He then abandoned his Shi'i view." Afterwards, he stopped narrating the merits of Ali because he hated them in re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |