Sufyan al-Thawri

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Hadith
gptkb:lawyer
gptkb:Islamic_scholar
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Kufa
gptkbp:birthYear 716
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Basra
gptkbp:contemporaryOf gptkb:Abu_Hanifa
gptkb:Al-Awza'i
gptkb:Malik_ibn_Anas
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Basra
gptkbp:deathYear 778
gptkbp:era gptkb:Islamic_Golden_Age
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Arab
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sufyan al-Thawri
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Abdullah_ibn_Mubarak
gptkb:Ahmad_ibn_Hanbal
gptkb:Yahya_ibn_Ma'in
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Hasan_al-Basri
gptkb:Ibrahim_al-Nakha'i
gptkbp:knownFor asceticism
hadith transmission
founding the Thawri school of Islamic jurisprudence
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Thawri_madhhab
influential ascetic
major hadith transmitter
gptkbp:madhhab gptkb:Thawri
gptkbp:movement Islamic asceticism
gptkbp:notableFor piety and asceticism
refusal to accept official judicial positions
scholarly independence
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Kitab_al-Jami'
gptkb:Kitab_al-Zuhd
gptkb:Tafsir_al-Thawri
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:reputation leading scholar of his time
staunch critic of Umayyad and Abbasid authorities
trustworthy hadith narrator
gptkbp:schoolOfThought gptkb:Sunni
gptkbp:studentOf gptkb:Awza'i
gptkb:Hammad_ibn_Salama
gptkb:Ja'far_al-Sadiq
gptkbp:teacherOf gptkb:Abdullah_ibn_Mubarak
gptkb:Yahya_ibn_Sa'id_al-Qattan
gptkbp:title gptkb:Imam
gptkb:Shaykh_al-Islam
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gptkb:Ali_ibn_al-Abbas_ibn_Jurayj
gptkb:Tabi'_al-Tabi'in
gptkb:Yahya_ibn_Sa'id_al-Qattan
gptkb:Abdur-Rahman_ibn_Mahdi
gptkb:Abu_Dawood_al-Tayalisi
gptkb:Waki'_ibn_al-Jarrah
gptkb:Ibn_Hanbal
gptkb:Imam_Ahmad_ibn_Hanbal
gptkb:Amir_al-Mu'minin_fi_al-Hadith
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6