Al-Shafi'i
Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Idris Al-Shafi'i | |
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أبو عبد الله محمد بن إدريس الشافعيّ | |
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| Born | Muḥammad ibn Idrīs ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Shāfiʿī al-Ḥijāzī al-Qurashī al-Hāshimī al-Muṭṭalibī 767 CE (150 AH) Gaza, Palestine, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Died | 820 CE (204 AH; aged 53–54) Fustat, Egypt, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age (early Abbasid) |
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| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Independent (eponym of the Shafi'i school) |
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| Personal (Ism) | Muḥammad مُحَمَّد |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | Ibn Idrīs ibn al-ʿAbbās ٱبْن إِدْرِيس بْن ٱلْعَبَّاس |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū ʿAbd Allāh أَبُو عَبْد ٱللَّٰه |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | Al-Shāfiʿī al-Ḥijāzī al-Qurashī al-Hāshimī al-Muṭṭalibī ٱلشَّافِعِيّ ٱلْحِجَازِيّ ٱلْقُرَشِيّ ٱلْهَاشِمِيّ ٱلْمُطَّلِبِيّ |
Al-Shafi'i (Arabic: الشَّافِعِيّ, romanized: al-Shāfiʿī; IPA: [a(l) ʃaːfiʕiː] ⓘ;767–820 CE) was a Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith, traditionist, theologian, ascetic, and eponym of the Shafi'i school of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence. He is known to be the first to write a book upon the principles of Islamic jurisprudence, having authored one of the earliest work on the subject: al-Risala. His legacy and teaching on the matter provided it with a systematic form, thereby "fundamentally influencing the succeeding generations which are under his direct and obvious impact,": 270 and "beginning a new phase of the development of legal theory.": 239–273
Being born in Gaza, Palestine, to the Banu Muttalib clan of the Quraysh tribe, he relocated at the age of two and was raised in Mecca. He later resided in Medina, Yemen, Baghdad in Iraq, and Egypt, and also served as a judge for some time in Najran.