bi Rabah.--"He held a high rank at Mekka as a
juris-consult, a _Tabi_, and a devout ascetic; and he derived (_his
knowledge of the law and the Traditions_) from the lips of Jabir Ibn Abd
Allah al-Ansari, and Abd Allah Ibn Abbas, Abd Allah Ibn Zubair, and many
others of Muhammad's companions. His own authority as a traditionist was
cited by Amr ibn Dinar, Al-Aamash, Al-Auzai, and a great number of
others who had heard him teach. The office of _Mufti_ at Mekka devolved
on him and on Mujahid, and was filled by them whilst they lived.... He
died A.H. 115 (A.D. 733-4); some say 114 at the age of eighty-eight
years."--[_Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, translated from the
Arabic by Baron MacGuckin De Slane; Vol. II, pp. 203-204. London,
MDCCCXLIII._]

(3.) Amr Ibn Dinar.--"He is counted among the most eminent of the Tabis
and considered as a traditionist of very highest authority. He was only
one of the Mujatahid Imams. Died A.H. 126, (A.D. 743-4), aged eighty
years."--[_Tab-al-Fokaha_].

(4.) "Abd Allah Ibn Shuburma ibn Tufail ad Dubbi, a celebrated Imam, and
Tabi was an eminent jurisconsult of Kufa. He learned the Traditions from
Ans, As-Shabi, and Ibn Sirin, and his own authority was cited for
Traditions by Soffian Ath-Thauri, Sofyan ibn Oyaina, and others. His
veracity and his eminence as a doctor of the law was universally
acknowledged. He was an abstemious, intelligent, devout, generous, of a
handsome countenance, and possessing a talent for poetry. He acted under
the Khalif Al-Mamun, as kadi of the cultivated country (Sawad) around
Kufa. Born A.H. 92, (A.D. 710-11); died A.H. 144 (A.D.
761-2)."--[_Tabal-Fak. Al-Yafi._]

(5.) "Sofyan Ath-Thauri (As-Sauri) was native of Kufa and a master of
the highest authority in the Traditions and other sciences; his piety,
devotion, veracity, and contempt for worldly goods were universally
acknowledged, and as an Imam, he is counted among the _Mujtahids_....
Sofyan ibn Oyaina declared that he did not know a man better informed
than Soyfan Ath-Thauri respecting what was permitted and what was
forbidden by the law.... Sofyan was born A.H. 95 (A.D. 713-4). Other
accounts place his birth in 96 or 97. He died A.H. 161 (A.D. 713-4) at
Basra.... It has been stated by some that Sofyan died A.H. 162, but the
first is the true date."--[_Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary,
translated from the Arabic by Baron MacGuckin De Slane, Vol. I, pp.
576-8. London, MDCCCXLIII._]

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