Birth of Imam al-Shafi'i

Description

The birth of Imam Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i in Gaza, Palestine. He was born in the same year that Imam Abu Hanifa passed away (150 AH). He would go on to found the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence and author Al-Risala, the first systematic treatise on the principles of Islamic jurisprudence (Usul al-Fiqh). He studied under Imam Malik in Madinah and Imam Muhammad al-Shaybani in Iraq.

Key Figures

Sources

• Siyar A'lam al-Nubala
• Manaqib al-Shafi'i