Al-Shafi'i

Imam
Al-Shafi'i
Imam Al-Shafi'i
ٱلشَّافِعِيّ
Title	Shaykh al-Islam; Offspring of the House of the Prophet; Peerless One; Scrupulously Pious Ascetic; Friend of God;
Personal
Born	767 CE (150 AH); Gaza, Palestine, Abbasid Caliphate
Died	820 CE (204 AH; aged 53–54); Fustat, Egypt, Abbasid Caliphate
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic Golden Age (early Abbasid)
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Independent (eponym of the Shafi'i school)
Main interest(s)	Jurisprudence; hadith; theology; asceticism;
Notable idea(s)	Shafi'i school; Principles of Islamic jurisprudence;
Notable work(s)	Al-Risala; Al-Umm; Al-Musnad;
Occupation	Scholar; jurist; traditionist; theologian;
	Arabic name
Personal; (Ism)	Muḥammad; مُحَمَّد
Patronymic; (Nasab)	Ibn Idrīs ibn al-ʿAbbās; ٱبْن إِدْرِيس بْن ٱلْعَبَّاس
Teknonymic; (Kunya)	Abū ʿAbd Allāh; أَبُو عَبْد ٱللَّٰه
Toponymic; (Nisba)	Al-Shāfiʿī al-Ḥijāzī al-Qurashī al-Hāshimī al-Muṭṭalibī; ٱلشَّافِعِيّ ٱلْحِجَازِيّ ٱلْقُرَشِيّ ٱلْهَاشِمِيّ ٱلْمُطَّلِبِيّ
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Abu Hanifa; Ja'far al-Sadiq; Muhammad al-Shaybani; Malik ibn Anas; Sufyan ibn Uyayna; al-Layth ibn Sa'd; al-Sayyida Nafisa; ;
	Influenced Ahmad ibn Hanbal; Ishaq ibn Rahuyah; All Shafi'is; ;

Al-Shafi'i (Arabic: ٱلشَّافِعِيّ, romanized: al-Shāfiʿī; 767–820 CE) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, traditionist, theologian, ascetic, and eponym of the Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence. He is known to be among the first contributors to the principles of Islamic jurisprudence, having authored one of the earliest works on the subject: al-Risala. His legacy and teaching on the matter provided it with a systematic form, thereby "fundamentally influenc[ing] the succeeding generations which are under his direct and obvious impact," and "begin[ning] a new phase of the development of legal theory."

Being born in Gaza, Palestine to the Banu Muttalib clan of the Quraysh tribe, he was relocated at the age of two and raised in Mecca. He later resided in Medina, Yemen, Baghdad in Iraq, and Egypt, and also served as a judge for some time in Najran.

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