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Al-Shafi'i (Arabic: ٱلشَّافِعِيّ, romanized: al-Shāfiʿī; 767–820 CE) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, traditionist, theologian, ascetic, and eponym of the Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence.
Imam Al-Shafi’ee, also known as 'Shaykh Al Islam', is one of the four great Imams of Sunni schools of law. He is also the author of several prominent works in the field. He has been titled ‘Nasir al-Hadith’ which means “defender of hadith”.
Al-Nawawi listed three peculiar merits of al-Shafi`i: his sharing the Prophet’s lineage at the level of their common ancestor `Abd Manaf; his birth in the Holy Land of Palestine and upbringing in Mecca; and his education at the hands of superlative scholars together with his own superlative intelligence and knowledge of the Arabic language.
The Shafi'i school or Shafi'ism (Arabic: ٱلْمَذْهَب ٱلشَّافِعِيّ, romanized: al-madhhab al-shāfiʿī) is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam.
Shafi’i, in Islam, one of the four Sunni schools of religious law, derived from the teachings of Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi‘i (767–820). This legal school (madhhab) stabilized the bases of Islamic legal theory, affirming the authority of both divine law-giving and human speculation regarding the law.
Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Shāfiʿī (born 767, Arabia—died January 20, 820, Al-Fusṭāṭ, Egypt) was a Muslim legal scholar who played an important role in the formation of Islamic legal thought and was the founder of the Shāfiʿiyyah school of law.
A brief introduction to the meaning of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh), its principles, and The Leading Fiqh Scholars such as Abu Hanifah, Malik, Al-Shafi'i and Ahmad ibn Hanbal. It includes all the practical rules that every Muslim, man or woman, should know, citing their bases in the Qur’an and the Sunnah in an easy and simple way.
Al-Shāfi‘ī was one of the four great Sunni Imams, whose legacy on juridical matters and teaching eventually led to the Shafi'i school of fiqh (or Madh'hab). He was the most prominent student of Imam Malik ibn Anas and he also served as the Governor of Najar.
Jan 14, 2024 · Imam Shafi’i is one of the four greats imams whose legacy on judicial matters and teachings led to the Shafi’i School of Fiqh (jurisprudence). He was born in the Palestinian city of Gaza in 767 CE.
Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi’i was a Qurashi Arab of fairly noble lineage born in Gaza, Palestine in the early Abbasid era.
