Al-Awza'i, Imam of Syria: Scholar in Islamic History

Scholar

ScholarImam of Syria

Al-Awza'iالأوزاعي

c. 707-774 CE (88-157 AH)Approximate dateBeirut

The imam of Syria, remembered for defending civilians against collective punishment.

He led the scholars of Syria from Beirut. When an Abbasid governor deported whole Christian villages of Mount Lebanon for a revolt by a few, he wrote in protest that no one may be punished for another's sin, citing the Quran.

What does the Quran say?

…no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another …
Quran 6:164

What grew out of it?

His school was the first law of al-Andalus before the Maliki school replaced it.

Who else is linked?

Umayyad Caliphate Abbasid Caliphate

Who lived at the same time?

Al-Walid ibn Yazid Yazid ibn al-Walid Ibrahim ibn al-Walid Marwan ibn Muhammad Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik Charles Martel Al-Saffah Leo III the Isaurian

Source: history · Wikipedia

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Al-Awza'i, Imam of Syria