Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i
Abu Amr Abd al-Rahman ibn Amr al-Awzai (    ) (707-774), ya kasan ce kuma  shi ne babban wakili kuma alkunya ta makarantar Awza'i ta fikihun Musulunci . An ambaci Awzai da ƙabilarsa "Awza" (الأوزاع), wani ɓangare na Banu Hamdan .

Tarihin rayuwa 
Da alama an haife shi ne a Ba'albek, Labanon a shekara ta 707, kaɗan daga cikin rubuce-rubucen al-Awzai ya tsira, amma salonsa na shari'ar Musulunci ( usul al-fiqh ) yana nan a cikin littafin Abu Yusuf na Al-radd ala siyar al-Awzai, musamman nasa dogaro da “al’adar rayayyu,” ko al’adar da ba ta yankewa ta musulmai da aka gada daga al’ummomin da suka gabata. Ga Awzai, wannan ita ce Sunnar Muhammadu ta gaskiya . Makarantar Awzai ta bunkasa a Siriya, Maghreb, da Al Andalus amma daga karshe makarantar Maliki ta shari'ar Musulunci ta ci nasara a karni na 9. Koyaya, idan aka ba shi iko da martaba a matsayinsa na Imamin Ahlus-Sunnah da kuma magabata na kwarai, ra'ayoyinsa suna riƙe da madogara a matsayin madogara ta doka da kuma tushen wasu hanyoyin neman shari'a da mafita. Ya mutu a shekara ta 774 kuma an binne shi a kusa da Beirut, Lebanon, inda har yanzu ake ziyartar kabarinsa.

Ra'ayoyi 
Kamar yadda yake tare da Malik bn Anas, al-Awza'i ya ce bai halatta mutum ya kashe fararen hula ba koda kuwa ya zama dole ne don cimma wata manufa ta soji, kuma ya bayyana cewa kashe mata da yara ba ya halatta yayin yakin. 

A tiyoloji, an san shi a matsayin mai tsananta wa Qadaris, amma kuma yana daga cikin manyan shaidun tarihin su. Ya yi zargin cewa Qadarwa kawai sun dace da koyarwar bidi'a daga Kiristoci. Awzāʿī ya haɗu da wanda ya assasa Maʿbad . 

al-Awzai, ya banbanta da mafi yawan makarantun fiqhu wajen ganin cewa bai kamata a zartar da hukuncin kisa ga wadanda suka yi ridda daga Musulunci ba sai dai idan riddarsu wani bangare ne na 'makircin kwace mulkin', watau cin amanar kasa.

Manazarta

Hanyoyin haɗin waje 

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