Sunni Islam – Shafi'i school

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Sunni Islam – Shafi'i school is one of the four major Sunni Islamic legal schools, known for its systematic methodology in deriving Islamic law and its widespread following in regions such as East Africa, Southeast Asia, and parts of the Middle East.

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Shafi‘i Sunni Islam 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sunni Islamic legal school
madhhab
accepts qiyas with strict conditions
associatedWork Kitab al-Umm NERFINISHED
al-Risala NERFINISHED
codifiedBy al-Shafi'i NERFINISHED
developedInCentury 8th century
9th century
emphasizes systematic legal methodology
usul al-fiqh
follows methodology of al-Shafi'i in hadith use
foundedBy Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i NERFINISHED
givesPriorityTo authentic hadith over local practice
hasJurisprudentialField criminal law
family law
ibadat
judicial procedure
muamalat
hasSubSchool Egyptian Shafi'i tradition NERFINISHED
Iraqi Shafi'i tradition
classical Shafi'i school
influenced later Sunni usul al-fiqh
influencedBy Iraqi legal tradition
Medinan legal tradition
isPartOf Sunni fiqh tradition
legalApproach moderate use of analogy
text-centered
majorRegion East Africa NERFINISHED
Egypt NERFINISHED
Horn of Africa NERFINISHED
Southeast Asia NERFINISHED
Yemen NERFINISHED
parts of the Middle East
namedAfter Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i NERFINISHED
oneOf four major Sunni madhhabs
originRegion Hijaz NERFINISHED
Iraq NERFINISHED
rejects unrestricted istihsan
religiousTradition Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
usesPrimarySource Qur'an NERFINISHED
Sunnah NERFINISHED
usesSecondarySource ijma
qiyas
widelyFollowedIn Brunei NERFINISHED
Eritrea NERFINISHED
Indonesia NERFINISHED
Malaysia NERFINISHED
Somalia NERFINISHED
Southern Thailand NERFINISHED
Yemen NERFINISHED
coastal Kenya
coastal Tanzania
parts of Ethiopia

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Somali people religiousSchool Sunni Islam – Shafi'i school
Tabasarans religionTradition Sunni Islam – Shafi'i school
this entity surface form: Shafi‘i Sunni Islam
Zaza people religion Sunni Islam – Shafi'i school
this entity surface form: Shafi‘i Sunni Islam