ʿAbdallāh b. ʿAwn - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Mourad, Suleiman A.
Leiden
Brill
(400 words)
ʿAbdallāh b. ʿAwn b. Arṭabān al-Muzanī (c. 66-151/686-768) was a prominent proto-Sunnī traditionist from Basra and is considered one of the founding fathers of Sunnī Islam. Reports suggest that he was born in the year 66/686, though the date might be later, given the many attempts in early Islam to push back a figure's date of birth in order to validate his transmission of ḥadīth from individuals he otherwise could not have met. Ibn ʿAwn's education began in his hometown of Basra,