Religion · Literature · AD 767–AD 820
Al-Shafi'i
Influential Muslim scholar and founder of a school of Islamic law
Did you know?He is widely regarded as the father of Islamic jurisprudence for his work in systematising legal theory.
Al-Shafi'i (Arabic: الشَّافِعِيّ, romanized: al-Shāfiʿī; IPA:; 767–820 CE; d. AH 204) was a Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith, traditionist, theologian, and ascetic, and the founder and eponym of the Shāfiʿī school of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence.
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- Age at death
- 52
- Years since death
- 1206
- Born
- August 28, AD 767 · Gaza City, Palestine
- Died
- January 20, AD 820
- Known for
- Religion, Literature
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