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Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl ibn Qays ibn Salm al-'Anbari, the striving jurist and devout scholar Abu al-Hudhayl; his father was in Isfahan in the days of Yazid ibn al-Walid and had three sons: Zufar, Harthama and Kawthar. He was born in 110 AH. 2
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He narrated from al-A'mash, Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid and their peers, and was the foremost of Abu Hanifa's companions, leading the school after him. He died in 158 AH. 2
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 313
- Siyar a'lam al-nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Ideas House International edition, 2004) , p.1720
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