| Summary: | Born in the time in which Emevi state was on the brink of collapse, Sufyan al-Thawra witnessed its collapse and subsequently spent 30 years in Abbasi state founded upon the collapse of Emevis. Sufyan al-Thawra was known to have a distinct interpretation of Islamic jurisprudence in the 2nd century (Islamic calendar) in which different interpretations of islamic jurisprudence started to be formed. When looked at his own interpretations of Islamic jurisprudence, Sufyan al-Thawra was seen occasionally to be following the Hijaz, Kufa school of thoughts and rarely stood between them. Some “tabaqat books” described him either as a representative of Ehli Eser or Ehli Rey. It was due to his interpretations which were suitable in both of the school of thoughts. it would better to introduce him as an interpreter of Islamic law (Mujtahid) who could interpret between these two distinct Islamic schools through using ra’y and hadith in a balanced way instead of being identified a mere follower of Iraq or Hijaz school. What we considered was that he was an islamic scholar standing between these school of thoughts and also stood in the point closer to Iraq/Kufa thought pioneered by İbn Mesud who was a companion of prophet Mohammed (Peace and blessings be upon him)
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