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Al-Shāfiʿī

Also found as Shafi'i · Shafi’i

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Lost Islamic History

Firas Alkhateeb

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Printed p. 99 PDF p. 115Reading page

“…he third approach to develop came from Muhammad al-Shafiʿi (d. 820), a Gazan who went to Medina at a young age to study with Malik himself. Unlike the earlier two jurists, al-Shafiʿ i…”

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Printed p. 128 PDF p. 144Reading page

“…his era. He was staunchly Sunni, following the Shafi‘i school of fiqh and the Ash‘ari school of theology . It even seems he was more interested in a life of scholarship and religious…”

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Printed p. 187 PDF p. 203Reading page

“…India and Southeast Asia was that of Imam al-Shafi‘i, due to Y emen being a center for Shafi‘i learning as well as a key hub in the Indian Ocean trade. Northern India, on…”

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