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Thawri (Arabic:الثوري) Madhab was a short lived school of Islamic Jurisprudence .1Its founder was Sufyan Al-Thawri , a great 8th Century scholar , jurist and hadith compiler.2After Ath-Thawri's move to Basra later in his life, his jurisprudential thought ( usul ) became more closely aligned to that of the Umayyads and of Al-Azwa'i .3He is reported to have regarded the physical jihad as an obligation only as a defensive war.4He spent the last year of his life hiding after a dispute between him and the Abbasid Caliph Muhammad Ibn Mansur Al-Mahdi . After his death, the Thawri Madhhab was taken up by his students, including notably Yahya al-Qattan. However, his school did not survive, but his jurisprudential thought and especially hadith transmission are highly regarded in Islam, and have influenced all the major schools .5 Judd, “Competitive hagiography in biographies of al-Awzaʿi and Sufyan al-Thawri”, Journal of the American Oriental Society 122:1 (Jan–March, 2002).
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The Thawri (Arabic:الثوري) Madhhab was a short lived school of Islamic Jurisprudence . Its founder was Sufyan Al-Thawri , a great 8th Century scholar , jurist and hadith compiler. After Ath-Thawri's move to Basra later in his life, his jurisprudential thought ( usul ) became more closely aligned to that of the Umayyads and of Al-Azwa'i . He spent the last year of his life hiding after a dispute between him and the Abbasid Caliph Muhammad Ibn Mansur Al-Mahdi . After his death, the Thawri Madhhab was taken up by his students, including notably Yahya al-Qattan. However, his school did not survive, but his jurisprudential thought and especially hadith transmission are highly regarded in Islam, and have influenced all the major schools . Judd, “Competitive hagiography in biographies of al-Awzaʿi and Sufyan al-Thawri”, Journal of the American Oriental Society 122:1 (Jan–March, 2002).
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Legal school in Sunni Islam The Thawri school ( ) was a short-lived school of Fiqh . Its founder was Sufyan Al-Thawri , a great 8th century scholar , jurist and hadith compiler. Judd, “Competitive hagiography in biographies of al-Awzaʿi and Sufyan al-Thawri”, Journal of the American Oriental Society 122:1 (Jan–March, 2002).
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Legal school in Sunni Islam The Thawri school ( Arabic : الثورية ) was a short-lived school of fiqh .Its founder was Sufyan al-Thawri , an 8th century scholar , jurist and hadith compiler. Judd, “Competitive hagiography in biographies of al-Awzaʿi and Sufyan al-Thawri”, Journal of the American Oriental Society 122:1 (Jan–March, 2002).
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short lived school of islamic jurisprudence
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short-lived school of fiqh
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