The respect of the scholars for Imam Al-Awza’i
Uthmaan ibn 'Aasim (may Allah have mercy upon him) mentions:
I saw an old man between As-Safa and Al-Marwah on a she-camel and an old man guiding him and the people of Hadeeth gathering around him. So the old man who was guiding the old man kept on saying: "Oh assembly of youth back up!", until the old man dismounted.
So I said: "Who is this rider?"
They said: "This is Al-Awza'i (may Allah have mercy upon him)."
I said: “And who is the one who is guiding him?"
They said: "Sufyan Ath-Thawri (may Allah have mercy upon him)."
Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
Source: Al-Jarh wat-Ta'deel (1/207)
I saw an old man between As-Safa and Al-Marwah on a she-camel and an old man guiding him and the people of Hadeeth gathering around him. So the old man who was guiding the old man kept on saying: "Oh assembly of youth back up!", until the old man dismounted.
So I said: "Who is this rider?"
They said: "This is Al-Awza'i (may Allah have mercy upon him)."
I said: “And who is the one who is guiding him?"
They said: "Sufyan Ath-Thawri (may Allah have mercy upon him)."
Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
Source: Al-Jarh wat-Ta'deel (1/207)
قال عثمان بن عاصم : رأيت شيخاً بين الصفا والمروة على ناقة وشيخاً يقوده واجتمع أصحابُ الحديث عليه، فجعل الشيخُ الذي يقود الشيخَ يقول : يا معشر الشباب ! كفوا حتى نزلَ الشيخ . فقلت : من هذا الراكب ؟ قالوا : هذا الأوزاعي، قلت : فمن هذا الذي يقوده ؟ قالوا : سفيان الثوري
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