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103 relations: Abbasid Caliphate, Abu Hanifa, Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari, Ahl al-Bayt, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Al Qubbah, Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Dhahabi, Al-Ghazali, Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri, Al-Kamil, Al-Layth ibn Sa'd, Al-Ma'mun, Al-Mawardi, Al-Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf, Al-Nawawi, Al-Risala (al-Shafi'i book), Al-Suyuti, Alids, Allah, Aqidah, Aristotle, Ashkelon, Ayyubid dynasty, Baghdad, Banu Hashim, Caliphate, Dawud al-Zahiri, Egypt, Faqīh, Fatimid Caliphate, Fatwa, Fiqh, Fustat, Gaza City, Hadith, Hanafi school, Hanbali school, Harun al-Rashid, Hasan ibn Ali, I.B. Tauris, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Ibn Kathir, Ijma, Ijtihad, Imam, Iraq, Islam, Islamic Golden Age, Izalat al-Khafa 'an Khilafat al-Khulafa, ... Expand index (53 more) »
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- 8th-century Arabic-language writers
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- 9th-century clergy
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- Arab Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
- Maliki fiqh scholars
- Scholars from the Abbasid Caliphate
Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire (translit) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Abu Hanifa
Abu Hanifa (translit; September 699–767) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, ascetic,Pakatchi, Ahmad and Umar, Suheyl, "Abū Ḥanīfa", in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Wilferd Madelung and, Farhad Daftary. Al-Shafi'i and Abu Hanifa are 8th-century Arabic-language writers, mujaddid and Sunni imams.
Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari
Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari (translit; 874–936 CE) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist of the Shafi'i school, exegete, reformer, and scholastic theologian known for being the eponymous founder of the Ash'ari school of Islamic theology. Al-Shafi'i and Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari are 9th-century Arab people, Arab Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam, Maliki fiqh scholars, mujaddid, scholars from the Abbasid Caliphate and Sunni imams.
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Ahl al-Bayt
(lit) refers to the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ahmad ibn Hanbal (translit; November 780 – 2 August 855) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, traditionist, ascetic and eponym of the Hanbali school of Islamic jurisprudence—one of the four major orthodox legal schools of Sunni Islam. Al-Shafi'i and Ahmad ibn Hanbal are 8th-century Arab people, 9th-century Arab people, 9th-century Arabic-language writers, 9th-century Muslim scholars of Islam, 9th-century jurists, mujaddid, scholars from the Abbasid Caliphate and Sunni imams.
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Al Qubbah
Al Qubbah or El Gubba (القبة) is a town in eastern Libya.
Al-Bayhaqi
Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Mūsā al-Khusrawjirdī al-Bayhaqī (أبو بكر أحمد بن حسين بن علي بن موسى الخسروجردي البيهقي, 994–1066), also known as Imām al-Bayhaqī, was a Sunni scholar widely known for being the foremost leading hadith master in his age, leading authority in the Shafi'i school, leading authority on the foundation of doctrine, meticulous, a devoted ascetic and one of the notable defenders of the Ash'ari school. Al-Shafi'i and al-Bayhaqi are Shafi'is and Sunni imams.
Al-Dhahabi
Shams ad-Dīn adh-Dhahabī (شمس الدين الذهبي), also known as Shams ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qāymāẓ ibn ʿAbdillāh at-Turkumānī al-Fāriqī ad-Dimashqī (5 October 1274 – 3 February 1348) was an Athari theologian, Islamic historian and Hadith scholar. Al-Shafi'i and al-Dhahabi are Shafi'is.
Al-Ghazali
Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsiyy al-Ghazali (أَبُو حَامِد مُحَمَّد بْن مُحَمَّد ٱلطُّوسِيّ ٱلْغَزَّالِيّ), known commonly as Al-Ghazali (ٱلْغَزَالِيُّ;,; – 19 December 1111), known in Medieval Europe by the Latinized Algazelus or Algazel, was a Persian Sunni Muslim polymath. Al-Shafi'i and al-Ghazali are mujaddid, Shafi'is and Sunni imams.
Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (أبو عبدالله محمد بن عبدالله الحاكمالنيسابوري; 933 - 1014 CE), also known as Ibn al-Bayyiʿ, was a Persian Sunni scholar and the leading traditionist of his age, frequently referred to as the "Imam of the Muhaddithin" or the "Muhaddith of Khorasan." He is widely renowned for his expertise in Hadith criticism, and regarded as the Sheikh of Hadith masters at his time. Al-Shafi'i and al-Hakim al-Nishapuri are mujaddid and Shafi'is.
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Al-Kamil
Al-Kamil (الكامل; full name: al-Malik al-Kamil Naser ad-Din Abu al-Ma'ali Muhammad; – 6 March 1238) was a Kurdish Muslim ruler and the fourth Ayyubid sultan of Egypt.
Al-Layth ibn Sa'd
Al-Layth ibn Saʿd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Fahmī al-Qalqashandī (الليث بن سعد بن عبد الرحمن الفهمي القلقشندي) was the chief representative, imam, and eponym of the Laythi school of Islamic Jurisprudence. Al-Shafi'i and al-Layth ibn Sa'd are 8th-century Arab people and mujaddid.
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Al-Ma'mun
Abu al-Abbas Abd Allah ibn Harun al-Rashid (Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Hārūn ar-Rashīd; 14 September 786 – 9 August 833), better known by his regnal name al-Ma'mun (al-Maʾmūn), was the seventh Abbasid caliph, who reigned from 813 until his death in 833.
Al-Mawardi
Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Habib (–1058), commonly known by the nisba al-Mawardi, was a Sunni polymath and a Shafi'i jurist, legal theoretician, muhaddith, theologian, sociologist and an expert in political science. He is considered to be an eminent scholar of his time who wrote on numerous subjects, including Qur'anic interpretations, religion, government, public and constitutional law, language, ethics and belles-letters. Al-Shafi'i and al-Mawardi are scholars from the Abbasid Caliphate and Shafi'is.
Al-Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf
Al-Muttalib ibn Abd al-Manaf (ٱلْـمُطَّلِب بْن عَبْد مَنَاف, al-Muṭṭalib ibn ʿAbd Manāf) was the grandfather of Ubaydah ibn al-Harith, a sahabi of Muhammad.
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Al-Nawawi
Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (translit;‎ (631A.H-676A.H) (October 1230–21 December 1277) was a Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar.Ludwig W. Adamec (2009), Historical Dictionary of Islam, pp.238-239. Scarecrow Press.. Al-Nawawi died at the relatively early age of 45. Despite this, he authored numerous and lengthy works ranging from hadith, to theology, biography, and jurisprudence that are still read to this day. Al-Shafi'i and al-Nawawi are Shafi'is.
Al-Risala (al-Shafi'i book)
The Risāla by ash-Shafi'i (d. 820), full title Kitab ar-Risāla fī Uṣūl al-Fiqh (كتاب الرسالة في أصول الفقه. "book of the communication on the foundations of comprehension (i.e. Islamic jurisprudence)") is a seminal text on the principles of Islamic jurisprudence.
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Al-Suyuti
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī; 1445–1505), or al-Suyuti, was an Egyptian Sunni Muslim polymath of Persian descent. Considered the mujtahid and mujaddid of the Islamic 10th century, he was a leading muhaddith (hadith master), mufassir (Qu'ran exegete), faqīh (jurist), usuli (legal theorist), sufi (mystic), theologian, grammarian, linguist, rhetorician, philologist, lexicographer and historian, who authored works in virtually every Islamic science. Al-Shafi'i and al-Suyuti are mujaddid and Sunni imams.
Alids
The Alids are those who claim descent from Ali ibn Abi Talib (عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600–661 CE), the fourth Rashidun caliph and the first imam in Shia Islam.
Allah
Allah (ﷲ|translit.
Aqidah
Aqidah (pl.) is an Islamic term of Arabic origin that literally means "creed".
Aristotle
Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.
Ashkelon
Ashkelon or Ashqelon (ʾAšqəlōn,; ʿAsqalān) is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with the Gaza Strip.
Ayyubid dynasty
The Ayyubid dynasty (الأيوبيون; Eyûbiyan), also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt.
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Baghdad
Baghdad (or; translit) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab and in West Asia after Tehran.
Banu Hashim
The Banū Hāshim (بنو هاشم) is an Arab clan within the Quraysh tribe to which Muhammad Ibn Abdullah belonged, named after Muhammad's great-grandfather Hashim ibn Abd Manaf.
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Caliphate
A caliphate or khilāfah (خِلَافَةْ) is a monarchical form of government (initially elective, later absolute) that originated in the 7th century Arabia, whose political identity is based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad and the identification of a monarch called caliph (خَلِيفَةْ) as his heir and successor.
Dawud al-Zahiri
Dāwūd ibn ʿAlī ibn Khalaf al-Ẓāhirī (دَاوُدُ بنُ عَلِيِّ بنِ خَلَفٍ الظَّاهِرِيُّ; 815–883 CE / 199–269 AH) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian during the Islamic Golden Age, specialized in the study of Islamic law (sharīʿa) and the fields of hermeneutics, biographical evaluation, and historiography of early Islam. Al-Shafi'i and Dawud al-Zahiri are 9th-century Muslim scholars of Islam, 9th-century jurists, mujaddid and Sunni imams.
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Egypt
Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
Faqīh
A faqīh (fuqahā, فقيه;: ‏فقهاء&lrm) is an Islamic jurist, an expert in fiqh, or Islamic jurisprudence and Islamic Law.
Fatimid Caliphate
The Fatimid Caliphate or Fatimid Empire (al-Khilāfa al-Fāṭimiyya) was a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shia dynasty.
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Fatwa
A fatwa (translit; label) is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law (sharia) given by a qualified Islamic jurist (faqih) in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government.
Fiqh
Fiqh (فقه) is Islamic jurisprudence.
Fustat
Fustat (translit), also Fostat, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, and the historical centre of modern Cairo.
Gaza City
Gaza, also called Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip.
Hadith
Hadith (translit) or Athar (أثر) is a form of Islamic oral tradition containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the prophet Muhammad.
Hanafi school
The Hanafi school or Hanafism (translit) is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam.
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Hanbali school
The Hanbali school or Hanbalism (translit) is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam.
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Harun al-Rashid
Abu Ja'far Harun ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi (Abū Ja'far Hārūn ibn Muḥammad al-Mahdī), or simply Harun ibn al-Mahdi (or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Harun al-Rashid (Hārūn ar-Rashīd), was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from September 786 until his death in March 809.
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Hasan ibn Ali
Hasan ibn Ali (translit; 2 April 670) was an Alid political and religious leader.
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I.B. Tauris
I.B. Tauris is an educational publishing house and imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (ابن حجر العسقلاني; 18 February 1372 – 2 February 1449), or simply ibn Ḥajar, was a classic Islamic scholar "whose life work constitutes the final summation of the science of hadith." He authored some 150 works on hadith, history, biography, exegesis, poetry, and the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence, the most valued of which being his commentary of Sahih al-Bukhari, titled Fath al-Bari. Al-Shafi'i and ibn Hajar al-Asqalani are Sunni imams.
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Ibn Kathir
Abu al-Fida Isma'il ibn Umar ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi (translit), known simply as Ibn Kathir, was an Arab Islamic exegete, historian and scholar. Al-Shafi'i and ibn Kathir are Shafi'is.
Ijma
Ijma (lit) is an Arabic term referring to the consensus or agreement of the Islamic community on a point of Islamic law.
Ijtihad
Ijtihad (اجتهاد) is an Islamic legal term referring to independent reasoning by an expert in Islamic law, or the thorough exertion of a jurist's mental faculty in finding a solution to a legal question.
Imam
Imam (إمام,;: أئمة) is an Islamic leadership position.
Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.
Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
Islamic Golden Age
The Islamic Golden Age was a period of scientific, economic and cultural flourishing in the history of Islam, traditionally dated from the 8th century to the 13th century.
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Izalat al-Khafa 'an Khilafat al-Khulafa
Izalat al-Khafa 'an Khilafat al-Khulafa (ازالة الخفاء عن خلافت الخلفاء; Arabic: ازالة الخفاء عن خلافة الخلفاء; lit. 'Removal of Ambiguity about the Caliphate of the Caliphs') is a book by the Islamic scholar Shah Waliullah Dehlawi in the Persian language.
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Ja'far al-Sadiq
Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq (translit; –765 CE) was a Shia Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian, and the sixth imam of the Twelver and Isma'ili branches of Shia Islam. Al-Shafi'i and Ja'far al-Sadiq are 8th-century Arab people.
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Jahiliyyah
Jahiliyyah (جَاهِلِيَّة, "ignorance") is a polemical Islamic and Arabic term that refers to the period in Pre-Islamic Arabia before the advent of Islam in 609 CE.
Jund Filastin
Jund Filasṭīn (جُنْد فِلَسْطِيْن, "the military district of Palestine") was one of the military districts of the Umayyad and Abbasid province of Bilad al-Sham (Levant), organized soon after the Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 630s.
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Kalam
Ilm al-kalam or ilm al-lahut, often shortened to kalam, is the scholastic, speculative, or philosophical study of Islamic theology (aqida).
Kitab al-Umm
The Kitāb al-Umm (Arabic: كـتـاب الأم) is the first exhaustive compendium of Islamic code of law that is used as an authoritative guide by the Shafi'i school of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) within the Sunni branch of Islam.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Madhhab
A madhhab (way to act,, pl. label) refers to any school of thought within Islamic jurisprudence.
Madrasa
Madrasa (also,; Arabic: مدرسة, pl. مدارس), sometimes transliterated as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary education or higher learning.
Majid Khadduri
Majid Khadduri (مجيد خدوري; September 27, 1909 – January 25, 2007) was an Iraqi–born academic.
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Malik ibn Anas
Malik ibn Anas (translit; –795) was an Islamic scholar and traditionalist who is the eponym of the Maliki school, one of the four schools of Islamic jurisprudence in Sunni Islam. Al-Shafi'i and Malik ibn Anas are 8th-century Arab people, Maliki fiqh scholars, mujaddid, scholars from the Abbasid Caliphate and Sunni imams.
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Maliki school
The Maliki school or Malikism (translit) is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam.
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Masjid al-Haram
Masjid al-Haram (ٱَلْمَسْجِدُ ٱلْحَرَام|translit.
See Al-Shafi'i and Masjid al-Haram
Mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people.
Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i
The Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi’i (Arabic: قبة الإمامالشافعي) is a mausoleum dedicated to Imam Al-Shafi’i, one of the four Sunni Imams who founded the Shafi’i Sunni Islamic school of jurisprudence.
See Al-Shafi'i and Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i
Mecca
Mecca (officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam.
Medina
Medina, officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah, is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.
Mokattam
The Mokattam (المقطم, also spelled Muqattam), also known as the Mukattam Mountain or Hills, is the name of an Eastern Desert plateau as well as the district built over it in the Southern Area of Cairo, Egypt.
Mufti
A mufti (مفتي) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion (fatwa) on a point of Islamic law (sharia).
Muhaddith
A Muhaddith (محدث) is a scholar specialized in the study, collection, and interpretation of hadiths, which are the recorded sayings, actions, and approvals of the Prophet Muhammad.
Muhammad
Muhammad (570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam.
Muhammad al-Shaybani
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Farqad ash-Shaybānī (أبو عبد الله محمد بن الحسن بن فرقد الشيباني; 749/50 – 805), the father of Muslim international law, was a Muslim jurist and a disciple of Abu Hanifa (later being the eponym of the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence), Malik ibn Anas and Abu Yusuf. Al-Shafi'i and Muhammad al-Shaybani are 8th-century Arab people, 8th-century jurists, 9th-century jurists and Sunni imams.
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Mujaddid
A mujaddid (مجدد), is an Islamic term for one who brings "renewal" (label) to the religion.
Musnad al-Shafi'i
(translit) is a hadith collection attributed to Islamic scholar al-Shafi‘i.
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Muwatta Imam Malik
The Muwaṭṭaʾ (الموطأ, "well-trodden path") or Muwatta Imam Malik (موطأ الإماممالك) of Imam Malik (711–795) written in the 8th-century, is one of the earliest collections of hadith texts comprising the subjects of Islamic law, compiled by the Imam, Malik ibn Anas.
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Najran
Najran (نجران), is a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
Names of God in Islam
Names of God in Islam (أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ, "Allah's Beautiful Names") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims.
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Oneworld Publications
Oneworld Publications is a British independent publishing firm founded in 1986 by Novin Doostdar and Juliet Mabey originally to publish accessible non-fiction by experts and academics for the general market.
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Palestine (region)
The region of Palestine, also known as Historic Palestine, is a geographical area in West Asia.
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Principles of Islamic jurisprudence
Principles of Islamic jurisprudence (translit) are traditional methodological principles used in Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) for deriving the rulings of Islamic law (sharia).
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Qiyas
In Islamic jurisprudence, qiyas (قياس) is the process of deductive analogy in which the teachings of the hadith are compared and contrasted with those of the Quran, in order to apply a known injunction (nass) to a new circumstance and create a new injunction.
Quran
The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God (Allah).
Quraysh
The Quraysh (قُرَيْشٌ) was an Arab tribe that inhabited and controlled Mecca and its Kaaba.
Raqqa
Raqqa (ar-Raqqah, also) is a city in Syria on the left bank of the Euphrates River, about east of Aleppo.
Saladin
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (– 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Al-Shafi'i and Saladin are mujaddid.
Sayyid
Sayyid (سيد;; meaning 'sir', 'Lord', 'Master'; Arabic plural: سادة; feminine: سيدة) is an honorific title of Hasanids and Husaynids Muslims, recognized as descendants of the Arab companion Ali through his sons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali.
Sayyida Nafisa
Sayyida Nafisa (d. 208 AH / 830 CE), the full name As-Sayyidah Nafīsah bint Amīr al-Muʾminīn Al-Ḥasan al-Anwar ibn Zayd al-Ablaj ibn Al-Hasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-ʿAlawiyyah al-Ḥasaniyyah (ٱلسَّيِّدَة نَفِيْسَة بِنْت أَمِيْر ٱلْمُؤْمِنِيْن ٱلْحَسَن ابْن زَيْد ٱلْأَبْلَج ابْن ٱلْحَسَن ابْن عَلِي ابْن أَبِي طَالِب ٱلْعَلَوِيَّة ٱلْحَسَنِيَّة), was a female descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and a scholar and teacher of Islam. Al-Shafi'i and Sayyida Nafisa are 8th-century Arab people, 9th-century Arab people and 9th-century Muslim scholars of Islam.
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Shafi'i school
The Shafi'i school or Shafi'ism (translit) is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam.
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Sharif
Sharīf (شريف, 'noble', 'highborn'), also spelled shareef or sherif, feminine sharīfa (شريفة), plural ashrāf (أشراف), shurafāʾ (شرفاء), or (in the Maghreb) shurfāʾ, is a title used to designate a person descended, or claiming to be descended, from the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Shaykh al-Islām
Shaykh al-Islām (Šayḫ al-Islām; شِیخُالاسلام, Sheykh-ol-Eslām; شِیخُالاسلام, Sheikh-ul-Islām; شیخ الاسلام, Şeyhülislam) was used in the classical era as an honorific title for outstanding scholars of the Islamic sciences.
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Shirk (Islam)
Shirk (lit) in Islam is a sin often roughly translated as 'idolatry' or 'polytheism', but more accurately meaning 'association '. It refers to accepting other divinities or powers alongside God as associates.
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Siyar A'lam al-Nubala'
Siyar A‘lām al-Nubalā’ (lit) is a biographical dictionary written by al-Dhahabi containing biographies of eminent Muslims throughout Islamic history up to al-Dhahabi's era.
See Al-Shafi'i and Siyar A'lam al-Nubala'
Sufyan ibn ʽUyaynah
Abū Muḥammad Sufyān ibn ʽUyaynah ibn Maymūn al-Hilālī al-Kūfī (أبو محمد سفيان بن عيينة بن ميمون الهلالي الكوفي) (725 –) was a prominent eighth-century Islamic religious scholar from Mecca. Al-Shafi'i and Sufyan ibn ʽUyaynah are 8th-century Arab people, 8th-century Arabic-language writers and 9th-century Arabic-language writers.
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Sultan
Sultan (سلطان) is a position with several historical meanings.
Sunnah
In Islam,, also spelled (سنة), is the traditions and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad that constitute a model for Muslims to follow.
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.
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Syria (region)
Syria (Hieroglyphic Luwian: Sura/i; Συρία; ܣܘܪܝܐ) or Sham (Ash-Shām) is a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in West Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant.
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Theology
Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity.
Ulama
In Islam, the ulama (the learned ones; singular ʿālim; feminine singular alimah; plural aalimath), also spelled ulema, are scholars of Islamic doctrine and law.
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan (translit; February 720) was the eighth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 717 until his death in 720. Al-Shafi'i and Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz are mujaddid.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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Yemen
Yemen (al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen, is a sovereign state in West Asia.
Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta (ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ; Jogjakarta) is the capital city of the Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java.
Zayn Kassam
Zayn R. Kassam is an American religious studies scholar known for her work on gender roles in Islam and Indian philosophy with 29 publications of her work as of July 2022.
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See also
767 births
- Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr al-Zuhri
- Al-Duri
- Al-Shafi'i
- Ja'far ibn Yahya
- Saichō
820 deaths
- Al-Sari ibn al-Hakam
- Al-Shafi'i
- Borrell, Count of Osona
- Causantín mac Fergusa
- Cleireach mac Ceadach
- Emperor Xianzong of Tang
- Huangfu Bo
- Hui Lin
- Leo V the Armenian
- Li Yong (chancellor)
- Li Yu, Prince of Dan
- Lupus III Centule of Gascony
- Olcobhar mac Cummuscach
- Song Ruoshen
- St. Theodore (died 820)
- Tnúthgal mac Donngaile
- Tutu Chengcui
- Wang Chengzong
8th-century Arabic-language writers
- Aban al-Lahiqi
- Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf
- Abu Amr al-Basri
- Abu Hanifa
- Abu Ma'shar Najih al-Sindi al-Madani
- Abu Mikhnaf
- Al-Asmaʿi
- Al-Fadl ibn Naubakht
- Al-Khwarizmi
- Al-Nadr ibn Shumayl
- Al-Shafi'i
- Awana ibn al-Hakam
- Dik al-Jinn
- Hammad Ar-Rawiya
- Hasan al-Basri
- Ibn Ishaq
- Ibn Wahb
- Ibn al-Muqaffa'
- Mashallah ibn Athari
- Muqatil ibn Sulayman
- Musa ibn ʿUqba
- Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī
- Naubakht
- Rabia Basri
- Sayf ibn Umar
- Sibawayh
- Sufyan ibn ʽUyaynah
- Ya'qub ibn Tariq
8th-century jurists
- Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak
- Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i
- Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Qasim
- Abu Ishaq al-Fazari
- Abu Yusuf
- Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi
- Al-Shafi'i
- Ali ibn Ziyad
- Ecgbert of York
- Ibn Wahb
- Ishoʿbokht
- Jabir ibn Zayd
- Muhammad al-Shaybani
- Said ibn al-Musayyib
- Sufyan al-Thawri
- Ubayd Allah al-Anbari
- Urwa ibn al-Zubayr
9th-century Arabic-language writers
- Aban al-Lahiqi
- Abu Hanifa Dinawari
- Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi
- Ahmad ibn Hanbal
- Al-Abbās ibn Said al-Jawharī
- Al-Adli
- Al-Asmaʿi
- Al-Baladhuri
- Al-Hallaj
- Al-Jahiz
- Al-Khwarizmi
- Al-Mubarrad
- Al-Ruhawi
- Al-Shafi'i
- Al-Tabari
- Al-Waqidi
- Arib al-Ma'muniyya
- David ibn Merwan al-Mukkamas
- Eliya ibn ʿUbaid
- Ibn A'tham al-Kufi
- Ibn Abd Rabbih
- Ibn Na'ima al-Himsi
- Ibn Wahb
- Ibn Wahshiyya
- Ibn al-Mughallis
- Mashallah ibn Athari
- Moamyn
- Naubakht
- Rabia Basri
- Shāriyah
- Sufyan ibn ʽUyaynah
- Sulaiman al-Tajir
- Theodosius Romanus
- Umara ibn Wathima
- Wahb ibn Jarir
- Wathima ibn Musa
- Ya'qubi
- Yaqub Ibn as-Sikkit
9th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
- Abd Allah al-Qaysi
- Abu Bakr al-Khallal
- Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Musa al-Nawbakhti
- Abu Thawr
- Abu Ubaid al-Qasim bin Salam
- Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr al-Zuhri
- Ahmad ibn Abi Du'ad
- Ahmad ibn Hanbal
- Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi
- Al-Jahiz
- Al-Nadr ibn Shumayl
- Al-Shafi'i
- Al-Tabari
- Al-Tirmidhi
- Asbat ibn Muhammad
- Dawud al-Zahiri
- Ghulam al-Khallal
- Ibn Abi Asim
- Ibn Qutaybah
- Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani
- Isa ibn Aban
- Ishaq ibn Rahwayh
- Ismail ibn Ibrahim
- Muhammad bin Dawud al-Zahiri
- Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Du'ad
- Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
- Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
- Niftawayh
- Sayyida Nafisa
- Yahya ibn Aktham
- Yahya ibn Ma'in
9th-century clergy
- Al-Shafi'i
9th-century jurists
- Abd Allah al-Qaysi
- Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Qasim
- Abdallah ibn al-Zubayr al-Humaydi
- Abu Bakr al-Khallal
- Abu Bakr al-Khassaf
- Abu Dawud al-Sijistani
- Ahmad ibn Hanbal
- Al-Fadl ibn Shadhan
- Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi
- Al-Jarmi
- Al-Mubarrad
- Al-Muzani
- Al-Nasa'i
- Al-Shafi'i
- Al-Tabari
- Al-Tahawi
- Asad ibn al-Furat
- Collectio canonum quadripartita
- Dawud al-Zahiri
- Ghulam al-Khallal
- Hincmar
- Ibn Abd al-Hakam
- Ibn Abi Asim
- Ibn Khuzayma
- Ibn Majah
- Ibn Wahb
- Ibn al-Mundhir
- Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani
- Isa ibn Aban
- Ishaq ibn Rahwayh
- Muhammad al-Shaybani
- Muhammad bin Dawud al-Zahiri
- Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
- Niftawayh
- Photios I of Constantinople
- Ruwaym
- Yahya ibn Aktham
- Yahya ibn Ma'in
Arab Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
- Abdullah bin Muhammad Al Sheikh
- Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari
- Abu Ubaid al-Qasim bin Salam
- Al-Shafi'i
- Ibn Khaldun
- Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
- Ibn al-Jawzi
- Mar'i al-Karmi
- Muhammad Abduh
- Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
- Rashid Rida
- Suleiman bin Abdullah Al Sheikh
- Tahir al-Jazairi
Maliki fiqh scholars
- Abd al-Qadir dan Tafa
- Abdallah bin Bayyah
- Abdullahi dan Fodio
- Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari
- Abu Layth
- Abu al-Arab
- Abubakar Gumi
- Ahmad Abubakar Gumi
- Ahmad At Tijânî Ibn Bâba Al 'Alawî
- Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti
- Al-Shafi'i
- Hamza Yusuf
- Ibn Farhun
- Ibn al-Hajib
- Ibrahim al-Laqqani
- Malik ibn Anas
- Mohamed Abdelaziz Djaït
- Muhammad 'Alawi al-Maliki
- Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
- Muhammad al-Zurqani
- Qadi Abd al-Wahhab
- Rania Awaad
- Sulaiman Muhammad Adam
- Taqi al-Din al-Fasi
Scholars from the Abbasid Caliphate
- Abd Allah ibn Yazid al-Fazari
- Abu Ali al-Farisi
- Abu Dulaf al-Ijli
- Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari
- Abu Ishaq al-Zajjaj
- Abu Jaʿfar an-Nahhas
- Abu Mansur Mauhub al-Jawaliqi
- Abu Mansur al-Azhari
- Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Musa al-Nawbakhti
- Abu Sahl Isma'il ibn Ali al-Nawbakhti
- Abu al-Hasan al-Ahmar
- Abu al-Qasim al-Baghawi
- Abu al-ʽAbbās Thaʽlab
- Ahmad ibn Hanbal
- Al-Fadl ibn Naubakht
- Al-Farra'
- Al-Jahiz
- Al-Jahiz bibliography
- Al-Jarmi
- Al-Kisa'i
- Al-Mawardi
- Al-Mubarrad
- Al-Shafi'i
- Al-Tuwal
- Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari
- Amah al-Wahid
- Bahlool
- Grammarians of Basra
- Grammarians of Kufa
- Ibn Duraid
- Ibn Karram
- Ibn Qutaybah
- Ibn al-Anbari
- Ibrahim ibn Wahb al-Katib
- Malik ibn Anas
- Qudama ibn Ja'far
- Quṭrub the Grammarian
- Sibawayh
- Theophilus of Edessa
References
Also known as Abu 'Abd Allah al-Shafi'i, Abu 'Abd Allah ash-Shafi'i, Abu Abdullah ash-Shafi'i, Abū ʿAbdullāh Muhammad ibn Idrīs al-Shafiʿī, Al Shafi, Al Shâfeï, Al-Shafi`i, Al-Shafii, Al-Shafiʽi, Al-Shāfi'ī, Al-Shāfiʿī, As-Shafi'i, Ash-Shafi'i, Ash-Shafii, Imaam Shaafi'i, Imám Sháfee, Imam Shafi, Imam Shafi'i, Imam Shafie, Imam al-Shafi'i, Imam ash-Shafi`i, Muhammad ash-Shafi`i, Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i, Muhammad ibn Idris ash Shafii, Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafe'i, Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi'i, Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi`i, Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafiʽi, ابو عبدالله محمد بن إدريس الشافعيّ.