Introduction to the

Shāfi’ī Mathhab
Khalil Hendricks
The most famous Tabi’i scholars
Middle of 1st Century to beginning of 2nd Century

2nd Century
 HIS LIFE THE PERSON
Birth •Extremely intelligent
•Born: Gaza 150 hijri / 767 AD •Master of javelin (10 out of 10)
Makkah (2 yrs old) •Loud Voice
•Memorised Qur’an 7 yrs old •Eloquent tongue
•Memorised Al-Muwatta 10 yrs old •His language is a source of proof
•Learned Arabic, Ulum al-Quran •Poet – wrote the diwan
•Given permission for ifta at 15 yrs SCHOLARLY ACHIEVMENTS
Madinah •Joined beween fiqh of Hijaz and Iraq
•Learned Hadīth from Imam Malik •First to write on Usul al-fiqh (Al-Risalah)
•Travelled with for a few years •Muhaddith – Muslim and the 4 Sunnan narrate from
•Learned their eloquence & poetry him
Yemen •Knew qira’at
•Travelled to Yemen
•Learned horsemanship & debating FAMOUS BOOKS:
Iraq (twice) • – 7 volume fiqh book
•Learned fiqh of • – Mathab al-Qadeem
•Met Ahmad bin Hanbal • – Hadīth & Athaar
Egypt (199) • – First book on this subject
•Refined his Mathab and taught it
•Died in 204 at 54 years old • – Usul al-fiqh
Stages of the development of the
Shafi’i mathab
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 Collects all the views of Imam Al-Shafi’i and the Shafi’i scholars
Short work – collection
Medium work – views &
of all views but no proofs
preference given

of Shortest Middle Longest

All 3 works based on but are
more concise, more comprehensive and
better presented

(623)

Early, lesser Early, lesser

known known
 Lived shortly after Nawawi

Differed with Shaikhain only

believed in

• Checking and verification of tarjeehat

• Add certain missing masaa’il
• Their work is called
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