The sixth leading jurisprudent: Sufyan b. Said al-Thawri al-Kufi (162/778)

Abu 'Abdullah Sufyan b. Sa'id b. Masruq al-Thawri al-Kufi (97—162/761—778), a lead­ing mujtahid and founder of one of the leading legal schools, was taught by al-Aswad b. Yazid, Zayd b.

Aslam, al-A'mash, and others. Such prominent scholars as Malik b. Anas, 'Abdullah b. Mubarak, Sufyan b. 'Uyayna, al-Awza'i, and b. Jurayj heard his legal opinions. Abu Ja'far al-Mansur offered him a judicial position in Kufa, but he declined. He left for Mecca in 144/761 and settled there. When the Caliph al-Mahdi called upon him, he moved to Basra and hid there until his death. Praised by all leadings scholars, he was considered the most knowledgeable and prominent figure in both hadith and law. Among his many works in these two fields are Kitab al-Tafsir, Kitab al-Faraid, Kitab al-Ftiqad, and Kitab al-Jami‘ al-Kabirfi al-Hadith. He also wrote treaties on asceticism, exhortation, and legal opinions. Although many followers applied his doctrine while undertaking iftahis legal school did not survive. However, Ibn 'Imad al-Hanbali re­ported that he identified some followers who were active in the final years of the fourth century.⁴⁶

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