Sufyan ibn ʽUyaynah
Meccan Islamic religious scholar (725–814) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abū Muḥammad Sufyān ibn ʽUyaynah ibn Maymūn al-Hilālī al-Kūfī (Arabic: أبو محمد سفيان بن عيينة بن ميمون الهلالي الكوفي) (725 – (814-02-25)February 25, 814) was a prominent eighth-century Islamic religious scholar from Mecca. He was from the third generation of Islam referred to as the Tabi' al-Tabi'in, "the followers of the followers".[1] He specialized in the field of hadith and Quran exegesis and was described by al-Dhahabi as Shaykh al-Islam—a preeminent Islamic authority. Some of his students achieved much renown in their own right, establishing schools of thought that have survived until the present.[2]
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Title | Shaykh al-Islam |
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Born | 725 CE/107 AH |
Died | 814 CE/198 AH |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Islamic Golden Age (Umayyad era) (Abbasid era) |
Region | Mecca |
Main interest(s) | Hadith and Tafsir and Fiqh |
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