Al-Shafi'i

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Al-Shafi'i was a prominent 8th–9th century Islamic jurist and scholar whose legal methodology helped systematize Sunni Islamic jurisprudence and gave rise to one of its major schools of law.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Al-Shafi'i canonical 4
Imam al-Shafi'i 4
Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic jurist
Muslim scholar
Sunni scholar
founder of a school of Islamic law
birthDate 767
birthPlace Gaza
linked to: Gaza City

Palestine
burialPlace Cairo
contributedTo codification of Sunni legal methodology
deathDate 820
deathPlace Egypt
Fustat
denomination Sunni Islam
era 8th century
9th century
ethnicGroup Arab
linked to: Arabs
fieldOfWork Islamic theology
fiqh
hadith studies
usul al-fiqh
founderOf Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence
linked to: Shafi'i school
fullName Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i
givenName Muhammad
honorificTitle Imam al-Shafi'i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i

Nasir al-Sunna
influenced Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Sunni Islamic jurisprudence
later Shafi'i jurists
influencedBy Malik ibn Anas
Muhammad al-Shaybani
knownFor emphasis on hadith as a primary source of law
formulating principles of legal reasoning
founding the Shafi'i school of law
systematizing usul al-fiqh
language Arabic
legalSchool Shafi'i
linked to: Shafi'i school
movement Shafi'i madhhab
linked to: Shafi'i school
notableIdea hierarchy of legal sources: Qur'an, Sunnah, consensus, analogy
notableWork Al-Risala
Kitab al-Umm
patronymic ibn Idris
regionOfActivity Egypt
Hijaz
linked to: HijazRegion

Iraq
religion Islam
religiousLawTradition Sunni fiqh
tribe Quraysh

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Shafi'i school namedAfter Al-Shafi'i
Shafi'i school foundedBy Al-Shafi'i
Istihsan criticizedBy al-Shafi‘i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i
Early Islamic period hasKeyFigure al-Shafi'i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i
Muhammad al-Shaybani teacherOf al-Shafi‘i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i
Muhammad al-Shaybani influenced al-Shafi‘i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i
Al-Umm author Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i
Al-Umm authorHonorific Imam al-Shafi'i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i
Malik ibn Anas influenced Al-Shafi'i
Al-Shafi'i fullName Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i
Al-Shafi'i honorificTitle Imam al-Shafi'i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i
Al-Risala author Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i
Al-Risala author Imam al-Shafi'i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i
Algazel followsMadhhab Shafi‘i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i
Al-Rafi'i influencedBy Al-Shafi'i
Ahmad ibn Hanbal influencedBy Al-Shafi‘i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i
Al-Juwayni influencedBy Imam al-Shafi'i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i
Fath al-Bari authorMadhhab Shafi‘i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i
al-Mustasfa madhhabContext Shafi‘i
subject linked to: al-Mustasfa of al-Ghazali
linked to: Al-Shafi'i