Sufyan ibn Uyayna

Sufyan ibn Uyayna al-Makki, jurist and traditionist of the Hijaz in the second century AH. Ibn al-Nadim says that he was al-Hilali, and that he died in the year 198 AH. He was a jurist, no book of his is known, but he was heard from, and he has a well-known exegesis ¹.

al-Baladhuri reports that Abd al-Malik ibn Salih wrote to him asking for a legal opinion about the people of Cyprus. He answered that he did not know of any people with whom God had made a covenant and who broke it, whom it would not be lawful to kill, except the people of Mecca, to whom he had shown grace. He explained that their breach had been to help their allies against the allies of the Prophet ﷺ from Khuza'a. He also mentions the people of Najran, who had been required not to take usury; when they took it, Umar judged that they should be expelled. The summary of the report is that whoever breaks a covenant has no protection. For more, see the jurists' consultation on Cyprus ².

al-Mas'udi transmits from him the account of al-Fudayl ibn Iyad with al-Rashid, and his declining the purse of money ³.