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.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
Shafi'i 19
Shafi‘i school 11
Shafi'i school canonical 7

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 Darussalam ⓘ
surface form: Brunei

East Africa ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Horn of Africa ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Kurdish regions ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Parts of the Levant ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
surface form: Philippines (Muslim regions)

Southeast Asia ⓘ
southern Thailand ⓘ
surface form: Southern Thailand

Yemen ⓘ
hasNotableScholar al‑Ghazali ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Quran ⓘ
surface form: Qur'an

ijma ⓘ
qiyas ⓘ

Referenced by (63)

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

Ibn al-Salah → legalSchool → Shafi'i school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shafi'i
Islam in Yemen → hasSchoolOfLaw → Shafi'i school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shafiʽi school
Islam in South Asia → majorSchoolOfLaw → Shafi'i school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shafi'i
Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri → schoolTradition → Shafi'i school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shafi'i
Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini → madhhab → Shafi'i school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shafi'i
Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini → influencedBy → Shafi'i school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shafi'i legal school
Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini → legalSchool → Shafi'i school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shafi'i
Zaydi fiqh → sharesFeaturesWith → Shafi'i school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shafiʿi fiqh
Ibn Kathir → madhhab → Shafi'i school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shafiʿi
Bidayat al-Mujtahid by Ibn Rushd → compares → Shafi'i school ⓘ
subject surface form: Bidayat al-Mujtahid
this entity surface form: Shafi‘i school
Islamic period → hasLegalSchool → Shafi'i school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shafi‘i school
House of Bolkiah → branchOfIslam → Shafi'i school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shafi‘i school
Hawiye → religiousSchool → Shafi'i school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shafi‘i jurisprudence