[justify]1. al-Hasan al-Basri 110AH/727AC
He was in Basra in Iraq. There is a debate over which school of thought he belonged to, both the Iraaqi and
the Hejaazi sides claim him. Khaled ibn Safwan was a close neighbour of al-Hasan al-Basree. Describing
him once he said: I never saw a man like him. His outward appearance is identical to his inner reality, his
words are identical to his deeds; if he enjoins what is right he is the first to do it, and when he forbids what
is wrong he is the farthest one from it. I found him never in need of other people, but people were in need of
him.
2. Abu Haneefah 150AH/767AC
He was in Kufa, Iraaq. It has been pointed out that Abu Haneefah was the first to codify Islamic law or
jurisprudence (commonly known as Fiqh) compiled from the Qur'ân and the Sunnah.
3. Al-Awza’i 157AH/774AC
He was in Ash-Shaam, specifically Lebanon. He was born in Lebanon and then went to Demascus and then
back to Beirut. He was a descendant of the prisoners of war from China but was a free man. He was from
the people of Ahadeeth so he despised analogy. Emigration of the Umayyads spread his school of thought to
AlAndalus (Spain) with similar town names as they had previously in Ash-Shaam. The Maliki Madhab
replaced it in time.
4. Sufyan At-Thawri 161AH/778AC
He was in Kufa, Iraq. He was considered a Tabi tabi’een, 3rd generation of Islam. He received assignment as
a Supreme Judge from the Khalifah and threw it in the river while running in to exile. He was said to be so
pious that he lowered his gaze in his dreams.
5. Al-Layth ibn Sa’ad 175AH/783AC
He was born in Egypt and was given the title of the great imam. They would follow his orders over the king
of Egypt. To solve this, they tried to assign him as governor but he refused. He was also one of the teachers
of Imam Shafi’ee
to be continued
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Brief biographies of Imams Fiqh fiqh