Imam Sufyān ath-Thawrī, may Allah have mercy on him (d. 161 AH)

Answer

He [Sufyān ath-Thawrī] was a resident of Kufa; Kufa became a cradle of knowledge on account of the arrival there of Ḥaḍrat ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd and Ḥaḍrat ʿAlī, may Allah be pleased with them; and although the one who inherited the teaching-seat (masnad)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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