Basra. As for Ghaylān, the turmoil he caused arose in Syria, and Thawr ibn Yazīd, Makhūl the jurist, and a number of scholars in that region were drawn into it. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, then set against them a fragrant blossom from among the people of Syria: Abū ‘Amr ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn ‘Amr ibn Muhammad al-Awzā‘ī. He looked upon them