Shafi'i school

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Sunni Islamic legal school madhhab

The Shafi'i school is one of the four major Sunni Islamic legal schools, known for its systematic methodology in deriving Islamic law from the Qur'an, Hadith, consensus, and analogical reasoning.

Aliases (7)

Shafi'i ×5
Shafi‘i school ×3
Shafi‘i ×2
Shafi‘i school of law ×2
Shafiʿi school ×1
Shafi‘i school (as an independent proof) ×1
Shafi‘i school of Sunni Islam ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sunni Islamic legal school → madhhab →
approachToHadith	prefers authentic hadith over local practice →
approachToQiyas	systematic and controlled use →
differsFrom	Hanafi school → Hanbali school → Maliki school →
emphasizes	Hadith authenticity → systematic legal methodology → usul al-fiqh →
foundedBy	Al-Shafi'i →
foundedInCentury	9th century →
foundedInPlace	Egypt → Iraq →
hasLanguage	Arabic →
hasMajorRegion	Brunei → East Africa → Egypt → Horn of Africa → Indonesia → Kurdish regions → Malaysia → Parts of the Levant → Philippines (Muslim regions) → Southeast Asia → Southern Thailand → Yemen →
hasNotableScholar	Al-Ghazali → Al-Nawawi → Al-Rafi'i → Al-Suyuti → Ibn Hajar al-Haytami →
hasText	Al-Risala → Al-Umm →
influenced	development of usul al-fiqh →
influencedBy	Hanafi school → Maliki school →
isOneOf	four major Sunni madhhabs →
legalDiscipline	fiqh → usul al-fiqh →
namedAfter	Al-Shafi'i →
recognizes	analogical reasoning → consensus of scholars →
religion	Sunni Islam →
restricts	use of local custom →
usesSource	Hadith → Qur'an → ijma → qiyas →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Al-Ghazali ("Shafi'i") → Ayyubid dynasty ("Shafi‘i") → Suhrawardiyya ("Shafi'i") →	legalSchool
Hanafi school ("Shafi‘i school") → Hanbali school ("Shafiʿi school") →	otherSunniSchools
Qiyas ("Shafi‘i school of law") →	acceptedBy
Maliki school ("Shafi‘i school") →	coexistsWith
Ja'fari school →	contrastedWith
Zahiri school of law ("Shafi‘i school of law") →	contrastsWith
Mamluk Sultanate ("Shafi'i") →	dominantMadhhab
Islamic world ("Shafi'i") →	hasLegalSchool
Sharia →	hasSchoolOfInterpretation
Zaydi Shia ("Shafi‘i school") →	jurisprudenceSimilarTo
Sunni Islam ("Shafi'i") →	majorSchoolOfLaw
Istihsan ("Shafi‘i school (as an independent proof)") →	rejectedBy
Kurds ("Shafi‘i school of Sunni Islam") →	rite
Chechens ("Shafi‘i") →	traditionalSchoolOfLaw