For the people of the world sleep is more profitable than t… - Sufyan al-Thawri

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For the people of the world sleep is more profitable than to keep awake, for then they keep off worldly discourses during sleep.

Sufyan al-Thawri

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Sufyan al-Thawri or Abu Abdullah Sufyan ibn Said ibn Masruq al-Thawri (716 –778) was a Tābi‘ al-Tābi‘īn Islamic scholar and jurist, founder of the Thawri madhhab. He was also a great hadith compiler (muhaddith).

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For the people of the world sleep is more profitable than to keep awake, for then they keep off worldly discourses during sleep. - Sufyan al-Thawri

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