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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.
The Shafi`i madhab is one of the four schools of fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam. The Shafi`i school of fiqh is named after its founder: Muhammad ibn Idris ibn al-`Abbas, al-Imam al-Shafi`i, Abu `Abd Allah al-Shafi`i al-Hijazi al-Qurashi al-Hashimi al-Muttalibi (better known as Imam Shafi`i).
Al-Shafi'i excelled in Fiqh, Hadith and Arabic, and was authorized to give rulings when he was only 15, and he became a teacher at the Haram. He then traveled to join Imam Malik in Madinah, where he read Al-Muwa tt a’ under him.
Shafi`i Fiqh: (required) 1. The Immaculate Raiment: The Essentials of Prayer . 2. The Ladder of Success [m: i.e. a translation of Sullam At-Tawfiq The translation hasn’t yet been started.] 3. The Little Gift: The Fiqh of Menstruation, Childbed, and Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (AUB) (if they wish to continue) 4.
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Answer: The best resources for Shafii fiqh available for English readers are: The Reliance of the Traveller by Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller. The Maqasid, also by Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller. [f: This is a shorter text that you would do well to begin with.]
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.
