Al-Shafi'i, Founder of the Shafi'i school: Scholar in Islamic History

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ScholarFounder of the Shafi'i school

Al-Shafi'iالشافعي

767-820 CE (150-204 AH)Approximate dateFustat

The jurist who first set down a method for deriving law, in his book al-Risalah.

Born in Gaza to a family of Quraysh and raised poor in Makkah, he memorised the Muwatta and studied under Malik. He learned Hanafi law from al-Shaybani in Baghdad, then settled in Egypt. His Risalah explained how the Quran, Sunnah, consensus and analogy fit together.

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Usul al-fiqh begins with him; his school spread through Egypt, Sham, Yemen, East Africa and Southeast Asia.

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