This is the biography of the notable Atba at-Tabi'in  Imam  Sufyan ibn Uyaynah (Died 198 AH), may Allah have mercy on him, who linked the generation of the Tabi'in with that of the followers of the Atba' al-Atba'. He was the rare and unique scholar of his age, and he was a torch for the Sunnha and a proof upon the Ummah, may Allah have mercy on him.

Note: The first generation after the Companions are known as the Tabi'in, meaning the followers. The next generation is known as Atba at-Tabi'in "the Followers of the Followers." The one after that is called Atba' al-Atba'.

This is a series of biographies of some scholars and some Muhaddiththeen of this Ummah which Allah has endowed with glory and. sublimity till the Day of Judgement. We will focus on private and public aspects of the lives of these scholars, such as their characteristics, manners, etiquettes, knowledge, religiosity and worship. How dire our need to these qualities in this age is! For, there is no way by which this Ummah can reclaim its lost glory and strength except by adopting those qualities that were the characteristics of our predecessors, and to revive what has become extinct of these attributes.