Home›Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence›Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) Scholars›Shafi'i School Jurists›All Shafi'i School JuristsBrowse ByAll Shafi'i School JuristsShafi'i School Jurists gathers the scholars of the Shafi'i school of Sunni Islamic law, founded on the teaching of Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i in the early ninth century and historically influential for systematizing usul al-fiqh, the methodology of Islamic legal reasoning, alongside its substantive rulings. The school spread widely across Egypt, the Levant, East Africa and Southeast Asia, and its scholars include many of the most prolific jurists, hadith commentators and Quranic exegetes in the classical tradition.FactsAll Shafi'i School JuristsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedJurists of the Shafi'i school, the third largest Sunni school, belonging to the Ahl al-Hadith tradition and relying on qiyas where the Quran and hadith are ambiguous. 1Formation YearWell-attested800 CE 1All Shafi'i School JuristsFilter Results54 entriesRoleAll11th-century merchant, jurist, and muhaddith (1)Arab historian and Shāfiʿī jurist (1)Arab Islamic exegete, historian and scholar (1)Arab Sunni Islamic scholar from the 15th century (1)Arab Sunni scholar from Baghdad (1)Fourteenth-century Islamic scholar (1)Hadith scholar, Shafi'i jurist, and Sufi mystic (1)Influential Muslim jurist (1)Islamic scholar from the Ilkhanate period (1)Jurist (1)Jurist and legal scholar (2)Kurdish Islamic scholar (1)Persian Mu'tazili theologian, jurist and hadith scholar (1)Persian mystic and sufi from Iran (1)Persian scholar (1)Persian Sunni Muslim polymath (1)Persian Sunni Muslim scholar based in Khorasan (1)Scholar of Islamic Jurisprudence (1)Shafi'i (1)Shafi'i Sunni Muslim Persian scholar and polymath (1)Student of Shafi'i scholar al-Rabi' ibn Sulayman (1)Sunni Egyptian scholar (2)Sunni Islamic scholar (1)Sunni Islamic scholar from Sijistan (1)Sunni Muslim polymath of Persian descent (1)Sunni Muslim scholar based in Qazvin (1)Sunni polymath (1)Sunni scholar (2)Sunni scholar in the late medieval Islamic period (1)Well-known Ash'arite theologian and Shafi'i jurist (1)Nationality or JurisdictionAllEgyptian (10)Hejaz, Arabia (Medina) (1)Iranian (2)Iraqi (2)Kurdish (1)Palestinian (1)Persian (6)Syrian (3)Legal SystemAllLaw of Egypt (4)Law of Iran (2)Law of Syria (1)Sharia (27)Field of LawAllConstitutional Law (1)Islamic Law (Sharia and Fiqh) (31)Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence (19)GenderAllMale (54)BrowseCompareSelect all 54Abdallah ibn al-Zubayr al-HumaydiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAbu Ali Hassan al-Mani'iLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAbu al-Qasim al-Rafi'iLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAbu al-Tayyib al-TabariLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAbu Mansur al-BaghdadiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAbu Talib al-MakkiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAbu Uthman al-SabuniLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAdud al-Din al-IjiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAla al-Din al-BajiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-BaghawiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-BarzanjiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-BayhaqiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-BuwaytiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-DamiriLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-GhazaliLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-HalimiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-JuwayniLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-Khatib al-BaghdadiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-Khatib al-ShirbiniLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-KhattabiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-MahalliLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-MawardiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-MuzaniLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-NawawiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-Qadi Abd al-JabbarLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-QushayriLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-SuyutiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAl-ZarkashiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceAr-Rabi' ibn Sulayman al-MuradiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceBadr al-Din ibn Jama'ahLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceDiya' al-Din al-MakkiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceFiruzabadiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceIbn Abi al-DamLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceIbn al-MulaqqinLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceIbn al-MundhirLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceIbn al-Rif'ahLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceIbn al-Sam'aniLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceIbn AsakirLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceIbn FurakLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceIbn KathirLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceIbn KhafifLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceIbn KhuzaymaLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceIbn RaslanLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceIzz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-SalamLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceJalal al-Din al-QazwiniLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceJamal al-Din al-IsnawiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceMuhammad ibn Yahya al-JanziLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceNur al-Din al-SamhudiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceSaid ibn al-MusayyibLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceSayf al-Din al-AmidiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceSiraj al-Din al-BulqiniLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceTaj al-Din al-SubkiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceZain al-Din al-'IraqiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceZakariyya al-AnsariLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceSources1. Shafi'i school (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaShafi'i school, lead sectionThe Shafi'i school is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam, belonging to the Ahl al-Hadith tradition. It is named after the Muslim scholar, jurist, and traditionist al-Shafi'i (c. 767-820 CE) of the early 9th century.Shafi'i school, lead section, founder eraIt is named after the Muslim scholar, jurist, and traditionist al-Shafi'i (c. 767-820 CE) of the early 9th century.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.