Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah

Hadith scholar

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-0725

Place of Birth: Kufa, Najaf Governorate, Iraq

Date of Death: 25-Feb-0815

Profession: muhaddith

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Abu Mu?ammad Sufyan ibn ?Uyaynah ibn Maymun al-Hilali al-Kufi (Arabic: ??? ???? ????? ?? ????? ?? ????? ??????? ???????) (725 – (814-02-25)February 25, 814) was a prominent eighth-century Islamic religious scholar from Mecca.
He was from the third generation of Islam referred to as the Tabi?u al-Tabi?in, "the followers of the followers".
He specialized in the field of hadith and Qur'an exegesis and was described by al-Dhahabi as shaykh al-Islam—a preeminent Islamic authority.
Some of his students achieved much renown in their own right, establishing schools of thought that have survived until the present. Along with Sufyan ibn Sa'id al-Thawri and ?ali? ibn ?ayy, he was a Zaidiyyah.