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215: 296:, an essential quality for a hadith narrator. Not just a transmitter of recorded knowledge, his student al-Shāfiʽī said he had not seen anyone more adept at explaining the meaning of hadiths than Ibn ʽUyaynah. His humility was also illustrated by al-Shāfiʽī's mention of Ibn ʽUyaynah's reluctance to give 315:
Statements attributed to Ibn ʽUyaynah illustrate his respect for religious knowledge, acting upon that knowledge and the sacrifice necessary to obtain it. In one statement he said that whatever increase a person experiences in their intellect is matched by a decrease in material wealth. And, that
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My son, the meanderings of childhood have now departed you, associate yourself with good and you will be from its people. And, know that none will be content with the religious scholars unless obedient to them so obey them and be content, serve them and grasp some of their
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By his own account, Ibn ʽUyaynah read the entire Qur'an (perhaps meaning that he had memorized it) by the age of four and began writing hadith at age seven. Upon turning 15, his father gave him the following advice which he later said he never turned away from:
247:) of Muḥammad ibn Muzāḥim and began his religious studying while still young. He said of himself that he first sat formally with a religious instructor at 12 when he attended the lessons of ʻAbd al-Karīm Abū Umayyah. Subsequent teachers include ʻAmr ibn Dīnār, 237:
where he was a governor for Khālid ibn ʻAbdillāh al-Qasrī. However, when al-Qasrī was removed from his position his successor sought out his governors causing ʽUyaynah to flee to Mecca where he then settled.
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and had nine brothers. Of the brothers, five pursued studies in hadith with Sufyān becoming the most renowned of them. The names of the remaining four are Muḥammad, Ibrāhīm, Ādam and ʻImrām.
394:. He said he was shy to ask this again on the seventieth occasion and returned to Mecca and died there within the next year. He died on Saturday February 25, 814 CE, the first day of 276:
Ibn ʽUyaynah was praised by contemporaries for both his knowledge and humility. ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī described him as from the most knowledgeable people of the
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scholar, cited Ibn ʽUyaynah as from "the grandfathers of the Shāfiʽī scholars in their methodology in
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al-Kattani, Muhammad ibn Jaʽfar (2007). Muhammad al-Muntasir al-Kattani (ed.).
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al-Nawawi, Yahya ibn Sharaf (2005). Ali Muʽawwad and Adil Abd al-Mawjud (ed.).
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knowledge that does not benefit an individual is of detriment to them.
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Ibn ʽUyaynah was born in the year 725-6 CE/107 AH. He was the client (
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Ibn ʽUyaynah's students were numerous. Many of them would embark on
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Ibn ʽUyaynah's father, ʽUyaynah ibn Abī ʻImrān, was originally from
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intending to meet him and then crowding him during the days of
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Abū Muḥammad Sufyān ibn ʽUyaynah ibn Maymūn al-Hilālī al-Kūfī
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seventy times, saying that each time he went he supplicated
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al-Dhahabi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad (1957). al-Muʽallimi (ed.).
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al-ʽAsqalani, Ahmad ibn Ali (1999). Adil Murshid (ed.).
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Ibn ʽUyaynah compiled one of the early collections of
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that that not be the last time he visit the places of
424:. The subject of his book was Prophetic narrations ( 300:. Ibn Mahdī preferred him to a contemporary of his, 366:The hadith Ibn ʽUyaynah narrated are found in the 222:, the city in which Ibn ʽUyaynah was a scholar of 174:February 25, 814) was a prominent eighth-century 577: 164:أبو محمد سفيان بن عيينة بن ميمون الهلالي الكوفي 545: 504: 502: 500: 498: 496: 494: 337:Abū ʽAbdullāh Muhammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʽī 563: 508: 27:Meccan Islamic religious scholar (725–814) 559: 557: 526: 524: 522: 520: 482: 478: 476: 474: 472: 470: 468: 530: 491: 213: 14: 578: 554: 517: 465: 206:that have survived until the present. 539: 443:In summary, his two known works are: 271: 616:9th-century Arabic-language writers 611:8th-century Arabic-language writers 163: 24: 25: 632: 596:Taba‘ at-Tabi‘in hadith narrators 368:six canonical hadith collections 304:, in their understanding of the 432:) and another contained "some" 290:Muḥammad Ibn Ismāʼīl al-Bukhārī 13: 1: 458: 428:) and subsequent narrations ( 345:Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥanbal 485:Tahdhib al-Asma wa al-Lughat 339:the namesake of the Shāfiʽī 209: 7: 531:Ibn Saʽd, Muhammad (1998). 378:Ibn ʽUyaynah performed the 10: 637: 280:of the inhabitants of the 566:al-Risalah al-Mustatrafah 135: 130: 112: 102: 80: 70: 62: 54: 49: 39: 32: 401: 373: 321:a religious pilgrimage ( 621:8th-century Arab people 341:school of jurisprudence 178:religious scholar from 380:religious pilgrimage ( 284:region of what is now 262: 226: 218:Historical picture of 257: 217: 194:and was described by 533:al-Tabaqat al-Kubara 347:the namesake of the 511:Tadhkirah al-Huffaz 414:which followed the 288:. He was lauded by 298:religious verdicts 294:memorizing ability 227: 204:schools of thought 85:Islamic Golden Age 34:Sufyan ibn Uyaynah 18:Sufyan ibn Uyaynah 606:People from Mecca 548:Taqrib al-Tahdhib 272:Scholastic career 153: 152: 16:(Redirected from 628: 570: 569: 561: 552: 551: 543: 537: 536: 528: 515: 514: 506: 489: 488: 480: 302:Sufyān al-Thawrī 184:Tabi' al-Tabi'in 173: 171: 165: 145:Ahmad ibn Hanbal 113:Main interest(s) 30: 29: 21: 636: 635: 631: 630: 629: 627: 626: 625: 601:Hadith scholars 576: 575: 574: 573: 562: 555: 544: 540: 529: 518: 507: 492: 481: 466: 461: 434:Qur'an exegesis 404: 376: 274: 233:in present day 212: 200:Shaykh al-Islam 169: 167: 149: 141: 140: 93: 87: 44:Shaykh al-Islam 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 634: 624: 623: 618: 613: 608: 603: 598: 593: 588: 572: 571: 553: 538: 516: 490: 463: 462: 460: 457: 456: 455: 450: 422:Mālik ibn Anas 403: 400: 375: 372: 355:, a prominent 273: 270: 211: 208: 192:Quran exegesis 151: 150: 148: 147: 138: 137: 136: 133: 132: 128: 127: 114: 110: 109: 104: 100: 99: 82: 78: 77: 72: 68: 67: 64: 60: 59: 56: 52: 51: 47: 46: 41: 37: 36: 33: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 633: 622: 619: 617: 614: 612: 609: 607: 604: 602: 599: 597: 594: 592: 589: 587: 584: 583: 581: 567: 560: 558: 549: 542: 534: 527: 525: 523: 521: 512: 505: 503: 501: 499: 497: 495: 486: 479: 477: 475: 473: 471: 469: 464: 454: 451: 449: 446: 445: 444: 441: 439: 435: 431: 427: 423: 419: 418: 413: 409: 399: 397: 393: 389: 385: 383: 371: 369: 364: 362: 361:jurisprudence 358: 354: 350: 346: 342: 338: 334: 330: 326: 324: 317: 313: 311: 307: 303: 299: 295: 291: 287: 283: 279: 269: 267: 261: 256: 252: 250: 246: 245: 239: 236: 232: 225: 221: 216: 207: 205: 201: 197: 193: 189: 185: 181: 177: 161: 157: 146: 143: 142: 134: 131:Muslim leader 129: 126: 122: 118: 115: 111: 108: 105: 101: 97: 91: 86: 83: 79: 76: 73: 69: 66:814 CE/198 AH 65: 61: 58:725 CE/107 AH 57: 53: 48: 45: 42: 38: 31: 19: 565: 547: 541: 532: 510: 484: 452: 447: 442: 429: 425: 416: 411: 405: 391: 381: 377: 365: 332: 322: 318: 314: 286:Saudi Arabia 275: 264:He lived in 263: 258: 253: 243: 240: 228: 155: 154: 96:Abbasid era 90:Umayyad era 591:814 deaths 586:725 births 580:Categories 459:References 260:knowledge. 196:al-Dhahabi 139:Influenced 453:al-Tafsīr 410:with his 353:Al-Nawawī 210:Biography 170:814-02-25 166:) (725 – 448:al-Jāmiʼ 417:Muwaṭṭaʼ 351:school. 292:for his 249:al-Zuhrī 71:Religion 50:Personal 357:Shāfiʽī 349:Ḥanbalī 282:Tihamah 176:Islamic 408:hadith 310:hadith 306:Qur'an 278:hadith 224:hadith 188:hadith 160:Arabic 121:Tafsir 117:Hadith 103:Region 438:Islam 430:āthār 426:sunan 412:Jāmiʻ 402:Works 396:Rajab 388:Allah 374:Death 329:Mecca 266:Mecca 244:mawlā 220:Mecca 180:Mecca 107:Mecca 75:Islam 40:Title 392:Hajj 382:Hajj 343:and 333:Hajj 323:Hajj 308:and 235:Iraq 231:Kufa 190:and 125:Fiqh 123:and 119:and 63:Died 55:Born 420:of 363:". 327:to 198:as 81:Era 582:: 556:^ 519:^ 493:^ 467:^ 440:. 370:. 312:. 162:: 92:) 384:) 325:) 172:) 168:( 158:( 98:) 94:( 88:( 20:)

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Sufyan ibn Uyaynah
Shaykh al-Islam
Islam
Islamic Golden Age
Umayyad era
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Mecca
Hadith
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Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Arabic
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Mecca
Tabi' al-Tabi'in
hadith
Quran exegesis
al-Dhahabi
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Kufa
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mawlā
al-Zuhrī
Mecca
hadith
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