Identifying the Awzaa’iy Companions

Abstract

This research is concerned with the identification of Imam Awzaa’iy’s companions that are recognized as such or are mentioned amongst them. It introduces them and collects statements about them in order to show their status with respect to reporting from Al-Awzaa’iy. Also, the class of each narrator or reporter is identified, and the total of each one’s reports in the Six Books as well as the number of narratives cited by Al-Bukhari and Muslim. The research has an introduction showing the significance of the topic, especially as there are no other studies investigating it. It includes a brief note about Imam Awzaa’iy and two classifications of his companions, one alphabetically arranged and the other in terms of rank. The research has revealed important results: establishing the categories of Al-Awzaa’iy’s companions; and conducting a comparison between them so as to weigh their narratives in case of differences or uniqueness.

Keywords

• companions; differences; uniqueness; causes; class; and preference