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Shafi'i

Shafi'i

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An early Islamic scholar who founded the Shafi'i school
  • proper noun
: Al-Shafi'i
  • Many Muslims around the world follow the teachings of Shafi'i in their daily practices.

Examples

  • The Shafi'i school is known for its detailed methodology in Islamic jurisprudence.

  • If the purpose of the marriage was to avoid hardship for the girl, he argued, then some Shafi'i texts and Hadith allowed even an outsider to marry her off.

    Academic text (2004)

  • For example, in the famous poem of Imam Shafi'i where he complains to his teacher about bad memory in seeking knowledge, he is advised to cease sin.

    Blog text (32)

  • Here, the situation in the early 1950s does not appear to have changed, and Shafi'i acceptance of the authority of the father and paternal grandfather in this matter was upheld and not replaced with rulings from another school.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Shaybani, one of the most influential figures in early Hanafi Islam, was also a teacher of Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i, founder of the Shafi'i school of Islam.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Imam Shafi'i emphasized the importance of the Quran and Hadith in deriving legal rulings.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Shafi'i refers to Imam al-Shafi'i, Muhammad ibn Idris, an important early Muslim scholar whose work helped shape one of the main Sunni legal schools. So his name is used to identify his teachings and those who study them.