Min Hadith Sufyan al-Thawri
- Author died
- 161 AH
- Editions
- t Amir Sabri
Min Hadith Sufyan al-Thawri (From the Hadith of Sufyan al-Thawri) is a collection of hadith narrations transmitted from the Kufan scholar and jurist Sufyan al-Thawri (97–161 AH / 715–778 CE) .
Author and Transmission
Sufyan al-Thawri was an authoritative early traditionist and jurist of Kufa, widely acclaimed among his peers as Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith (Commander of the Faithful in Hadith) . Although he authored major early compilations—including al-Jami' al-Kabir and al-Jami' al-Saghir—and instructed his nephew 'Ammar ibn Sayf during his final illness to erase or bury his writings, substantial corpora of his narrations were preserved and passed down through multiple chains of transmitters and students .
Among the leading transmitters of al-Thawri's traditions were prominent scholars of the next generation, including Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan, Waki' ibn al-Jarrah, Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi, and Abu Nu'aym al-Fadl ibn Dukayn .
Modern Editions
Individual hadith parts (ajza') preserving narrations of Sufyan al-Thawri have been published in modern critical editions:
- Hadith Sufyan al-Thawri: Riwayat al-Sari 'an Shuyukhih, edited by 'Amir Hasan Sabri and published by Dar al-Basha'ir al-Islamiyyah (1st ed., 2004) .
- Hadith Sufyan: Riwayat 'Ali ibn Harb al-Ta'i, edited by Hamzah Ahmad al-Zayn (1st ed., 2004) .
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