Biography of Imam Sufyan Ibn 'Uyaynah [Died 198 AH]
This is the biography of the notable Imam, Sufyaan ibn 'Uyaynah (رحمه الله), who linked the generation of the Tabi'in with that of the followers of Atba' al-Atba' (the second generation after the Sahabah). He was the rare and unique scholar of his age, a torch for the Sunnah and a proof upon the Ummah.
Preface
This is part of a series of biographies of scholars and muhaddithin of this Ummah, which Allah has endowed with glory and sublimity until the Day of Judgment. The series focuses on the private and public aspects of these scholars' lives — their characteristics, manners, etiquettes, knowledge, religiosity, and worship. How dire our need for these qualities is in this age, for there is no way this Ummah can reclaim its lost glory and strength except by adopting the qualities that characterized our predecessors, and reviving what has become extinct of these attributes.
Why lives like this are told
Stories of the lives of these scholars have become unknown to many Muslims, let alone non-Muslims — an extinguishing of the light by which the confused find guidance. Living the reality of this religion was an integral part of the lives of these outstanding scholars: their breathing and movements were all for Allah; when they spoke, it was for His sake, and when they kept silent, it was for His pleasure too. Remembering such people softens the hearts and stirs up idle limbs into action for the sake of Allah — and may join the reader to the ranks of the righteous.
Related Reading
For biographies of other early figures in the Ummah, see Urdu: Seerat-e-Aazad.
اردو تعارف
یہ کتاب امام سفیان بن عیینہؒ (متوفی 198ھ) کی سوانح حیات پر مشتمل ہے، جنہوں نے تابعین اور اتباعِ تابعین کی نسلوں کو آپس میں جوڑا۔ وہ اپنے دور کے نادر اور منفرد عالم تھے، سنت کے مینار اور امت پر حجت تھے۔ یہ کتاب علماء اور محدثین کی سوانح حیات کی سیریز کا حصہ ہے، جو ان کی نجی اور اجتماعی زندگی، اخلاق، علم اور عبادت پر روشنی ڈالتی ہے۔
