Shafi'i

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• The Hanafi madhab thus unites communities in Pakistan, Turkey, and Egypt, while the Shafi'i school unites communities in Egypt, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Yemen.

  Academic text (1993)

• Thus, the relevant observers of American counterinsurgency operations in mosques are Iraqi Sunnis, who traditionally follow the Hanafi and Shafi'i schools of Sunni Islam.

  Academic text (2007)

• Mostly, however, the government qadis dealt with Arab, Indian, and Somali Shafi'i Muslims in accordance with Shafi'i law.

  Academic text (2004)

• Mostly, however, the government qadis dealt with Arab, Indian, and Somali Shafi'i Muslims in accordance with Shafi'i law.

  Academic text (2004)

• Bukhari's Hadith, on the other hand, are recognized as supremely authoritative by both Hanafi and Shafi'i Muslims.

  Academic text (2007)

• 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)

• While it can be profitably compared to the authoritative texts of the Shafi'i madhhab, as Anderson to some extent did in his Islamic Law in Africa, the Islamic law that is of greatest interest to the social historian and ethnographer is always shaped by the social contexts and people it is meant to shape.

  Academic text (2004)

• Sunnis share a distaste for what they consider to be the excessive Shia reverential practices at the tombs of saints, yet Hanafi and Shafi'i Islam require special regard towards religious structures.

  Academic text (2007)

• The Shafi'i school of Islamic law is known for its emphasis on the Quran and Hadith.

• Many scholars contribute to the interpretation of Shafi'i teachings across the Muslim world.

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