Al-Shafi'i
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Al-Shafi'i was a prominent 8th–9th century Islamic jurist and scholar whose legal methodology helped systematize Sunni Islamic jurisprudence and gave rise to one of its major schools of law.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Al-Shafi'i canonical | 4 |
| Imam al-Shafi'i | 4 |
| Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i | 3 |
| Shafi‘i | 3 |
| al-Shafi‘i | 3 |
| Al-Shafi‘i | 1 |
| al-Shafi'i | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1317211 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Al-Shafi'i Context triple: [Shafi'i school, namedAfter, Al-Shafi'i]
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Abu Hanifa
Abu Hanifa was an 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian who founded the Hanafi school, the oldest and one of the most widely followed schools of Sunni Islamic law.
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Ibn Abd al-Barr
Ibn Abd al-Barr was an eminent 11th-century Andalusian Maliki jurist, hadith scholar, and historian known for his influential works on Islamic law and biographical literature.
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Al-Qarafi
Al-Qarafi was a prominent 13th-century Maliki jurist and legal theorist from North Africa, renowned for his influential works on Islamic jurisprudence and legal methodology.
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D.
Maturidi
Maturidi is a major Sunni theological school that emphasizes the use of reason alongside revelation to articulate Islamic creed and defend core doctrines.
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E.
Ibn al-Bawwab
Ibn al-Bawwab was an influential 10th–11th century Persian calligrapher renowned for refining and codifying classical Arabic scripts, particularly in Qur’anic manuscripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Al-Shafi'i Target entity description: Al-Shafi'i was a prominent 8th–9th century Islamic jurist and scholar whose legal methodology helped systematize Sunni Islamic jurisprudence and gave rise to one of its major schools of law.
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A.
Abu Hanifa
Abu Hanifa was an 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian who founded the Hanafi school, the oldest and one of the most widely followed schools of Sunni Islamic law.
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B.
Ibn Abd al-Barr
Ibn Abd al-Barr was an eminent 11th-century Andalusian Maliki jurist, hadith scholar, and historian known for his influential works on Islamic law and biographical literature.
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C.
Al-Qarafi
Al-Qarafi was a prominent 13th-century Maliki jurist and legal theorist from North Africa, renowned for his influential works on Islamic jurisprudence and legal methodology.
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D.
Maturidi
Maturidi is a major Sunni theological school that emphasizes the use of reason alongside revelation to articulate Islamic creed and defend core doctrines.
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E.
Ibn al-Bawwab
Ibn al-Bawwab was an influential 10th–11th century Persian calligrapher renowned for refining and codifying classical Arabic scripts, particularly in Qur’anic manuscripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic jurist
ⓘ
Muslim scholar ⓘ Sunni scholar ⓘ founder of a school of Islamic law ⓘ |
| birthDate | 767 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Gaza City
ⓘ
surface form:
Gaza
Palestine ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cairo ⓘ |
| contributedTo | codification of Sunni legal methodology ⓘ |
| deathDate | 820 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Egypt
ⓘ
Fustat ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| era |
8th century
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9th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab
|
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic theology
ⓘ
fiqh ⓘ hadith studies ⓘ usul al-fiqh ⓘ |
| founderOf |
Shafi'i school
ⓘ
surface form:
Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence
|
| fullName |
Al-Shafi'i
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i
|
| givenName | Muhammad ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Al-Shafi'i
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Imam al-Shafi'i
Nasir al-Sunna ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
ⓘ
Sunni Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ later Shafi'i jurists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Malik ibn Anas
ⓘ
Muhammad al-Shaybani ⓘ |
| knownFor |
emphasis on hadith as a primary source of law
ⓘ
formulating principles of legal reasoning ⓘ founding the Shafi'i school of law ⓘ systematizing usul al-fiqh ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalSchool |
Shafi'i school
ⓘ
surface form:
Shafi'i
|
| movement |
Shafi'i school
ⓘ
surface form:
Shafi'i madhhab
|
| notableIdea | hierarchy of legal sources: Qur'an, Sunnah, consensus, analogy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Al-Risala
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Kitab al-Umm ⓘ |
| patronymic | ibn Idris ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Egypt
ⓘ
HijazRegion ⓘ
surface form:
Hijaz
Iraq ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousLawTradition | Sunni fiqh ⓘ |
| tribe | Quraysh ⓘ |
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Subject: Al-Shafi'i Description of subject: Al-Shafi'i was a prominent 8th–9th century Islamic jurist and scholar whose legal methodology helped systematize Sunni Islamic jurisprudence and gave rise to one of its major schools of law.
Referenced by (19)
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