Shāfiʿī
Muḥammad ibn Idrīs ash-Shāfiʿī
الشَّافِعِي
Nāṣir as-Sunnah — Defender of the Sunnah
- Born
- 150 AH / 767 CE
- Died
- 204 AH / 820 CE
- Region
- Gaza → Egypt
Founder of uṣūl al-fiqh as a formal discipline via his Risālah. Student of Mālik.
Classical sources
ar-Rāzī, Manāqib ash-Shāfiʿī · Ibn Abī Ḥātim
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