Al-Shafi'i

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Islamic jurist Muslim scholar Sunni scholar founder of a school of Islamic law

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.

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All labels observed (7)

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

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic jurist ⓘ
Muslim scholar ⓘ
Sunni scholar ⓘ
founder of a school of Islamic law ⓘ
birthDate 767 ⓘ
birthPlace Gaza City ⓘ
surface form: Gaza

Palestine ⓘ
burialPlace Cairo ⓘ
contributedTo codification of Sunni legal methodology ⓘ
deathDate 820 ⓘ
deathPlace Egypt ⓘ
Fustat ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
era 8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
surface form: Arab
fieldOfWork Islamic theology ⓘ
fiqh ⓘ
hadith studies ⓘ
usul al-fiqh ⓘ
founderOf Shafi'i school ⓘ
surface form: Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence
fullName Al-Shafi'i self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i
givenName Muhammad ⓘ
honorificTitle Al-Shafi'i self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Imam 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 school ⓘ
surface form: Shafi'i
movement Shafi'i school ⓘ
surface form: Shafi'i madhhab
notableIdea hierarchy of legal sources: Qur'an, Sunnah, consensus, analogy ⓘ
notableWork Al-Risala ⓘ
Kitab al-Umm ⓘ
patronymic ibn Idris ⓘ
regionOfActivity Egypt ⓘ
HijazRegion ⓘ
surface form: Hijaz

Iraq ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousLawTradition Sunni fiqh ⓘ
tribe Quraysh ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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