Al-Shafi‘i, Arab scholar and jurist (born 767)

Al-Shafi'i

Muslim scholar, jurist, and traditionist (767–820)

Al-Shafi'i was a Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith, traditionist, theologian, ascetic, and eponym of the Shafi'i school of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence. He is known to be the first to write a book upon the principles of Islamic jurisprudence, having authored one of the earliest…