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Al-Shafi'i

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Al-Shafi'i (translit;;767–820 CE) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, traditionist, theologian, ascetic, and eponym of the Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence. [1]

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  1. 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) »

  2. 767 births
  3. 820 deaths
  4. 8th-century Arabic-language writers
  5. 8th-century jurists
  6. 9th-century Arabic-language writers
  7. 9th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
  8. 9th-century clergy
  9. 9th-century jurists
  10. Arab Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
  11. Maliki fiqh scholars
  12. 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Allah

Allah (ﷲ|translit.

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Aqidah

Aqidah (pl.) is an Islamic term of Arabic origin that literally means "creed".

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Aristotle

Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Faqīh

A faqīh (fuqahā, فقيه;: ‏فقهاء&lrm) is an Islamic jurist, an expert in fiqh, or Islamic jurisprudence and Islamic Law.

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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.

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Fiqh

Fiqh (فقه) is Islamic jurisprudence.

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Fustat

Fustat (translit), also Fostat, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, and the historical centre of modern Cairo.

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Gaza City

Gaza, also called Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip.

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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.

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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.

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Ijma

Ijma (lit) is an Arabic term referring to the consensus or agreement of the Islamic community on a point of Islamic law.

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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.

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Imam

Imam (إمام,;: أئمة) is an Islamic leadership position.

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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.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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Madhhab

A madhhab (way to act,, pl. label) refers to any school of thought within Islamic jurisprudence.

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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.

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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.

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Mausoleum

A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Mufti

A mufti (مفتي) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion (fatwa) on a point of Islamic law (sharia).

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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.

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Muhammad

Muhammad (570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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Quraysh

The Quraysh (قُرَيْشٌ) was an Arab tribe that inhabited and controlled Mecca and its Kaaba.

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Raqqa

Raqqa (ar-Raqqah, also) is a city in Syria on the left bank of the Euphrates River, about east of Aleppo.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Sunnah

In Islam,, also spelled (سنة), is the traditions and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad that constitute a model for Muslims to follow.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

820 deaths

8th-century Arabic-language writers

8th-century jurists

9th-century Arabic-language writers

9th-century Muslim scholars of Islam

9th-century clergy

9th-century jurists

Arab Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam

Maliki fiqh scholars

Scholars from the Abbasid Caliphate

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shafi'i

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.

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