Sufyan al-Thawrt ibn Said
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Sufyan al-Thawri ibn Said (d.778) was a tabi'i Islamic scholar and well-known saint of Kufa, of whom a great number of anecdotes are recorded. He was one of the 'Eight Ascetics,' who included (usual list) Amir ibn Abd al-Qays, Abu Muslim al-Khawlani, Uways al-Qarani, al-Rabi ibn Khuthaym, al-Aswad ibn Yazid, Masruq ibn al-Ajda', and Hasan al-Basri. It is said that he was offered high office positions during the Umayyad caliphate but consistently declined.[1]
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- ^ Fihrist, 225; Abu Nu`aym, V1. 356-93, VH. 3-144; EI, 1v. 500-2
