Abu Thawr

Ibrahim ibn Khalid al-Kalbi al-Baghdadi (764–854) better known as Abu Thawr (Arabic: أَبُو ثَوْر) was an early Arab scholar of Islam. He was born in 170 AH.

Abu Thawr
أبو ثور
Personal life
Born	147 H/ 764 CE
Died	240 H/ 854 CE
Nationality	Caliphate
Era	Abbasid era
Region	Abbasid Caliphate
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
School	Shafi‘i / Ijtihad[1]
Lineage	al-Kalbi
Creed	Kullabi[2]
Profession	Faqih, scholar
Muslim leader
Teacher	Al-Shafi'i[3][4]
Students Junayd of Baghdad

Abu Thawr was a student of Al-Shafi.^[5] A personal school was built by the followers of Abu Thawr which disappeared by the 4th century Hijra.^[6][7] Abu Thawr was asked, "Who are the Qadariyyah?" and he replied:

"The Qadariyyah are those who say Allaah did not create the actions of the servants and that Allah did not decree acts of disobedience for the servants and that He did not create them (the acts of disobedience). Therefore these Qadariyyah are not be prayed behind, nor are their sick to be visited and nor are their funerals to be attended. Their repentance from this saying should be sought. If they repent (then so) and if not then their necks are to be struck."^[8]

He was also one of the students of Ibn Kullab who believed the Quran is uncreated, but recitation of the Quran is created.^[9]