Al-Shafi'i was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, traditionist, theologian, ascetic, and eponym of the Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence.
Al-Shafi'i
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Al-Shafi'i was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, traditionist, theologian, ascetic, and eponym of the Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence. He is known to be the first to write a book upon the principles of Islamic jurisprudence, having authored... Wikipedia
Born: 767 AD, Gaza
Died: January 19, 820 AD (age 53 years), Cairo, Egypt
Influenced by: Abū Ḥanīfah, Malik ibn Anas, Ja'far al-Sadiq, and more
Full name: Abū ʿAbdullāh Muhammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī
Place of burial: Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i, El-Imam El-Shafei, Egypt
Denomination: Sunni
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