Imam Shafi'i

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Islamic_scholar
gptkbp:birthDate 767
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Gaza,_Palestine
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Cairo,_Egypt
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Mausoleum_of_Imam_Shafi'i_in_Cairo
gptkbp:contribution distinction between usul (principles) and furu' (branches) in law
codification of Islamic legal methodology
emphasis on hadith as a source of law
gptkbp:deathDate 820
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Fustat,_Egypt
gptkbp:denomination Sunni Islam
gptkbp:era gptkb:Islamic_Golden_Age
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Quraysh
gptkbp:field gptkb:Hadith
gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkb:theology
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Abu_Abdullah_Muhammad_ibn_Idris_al-Shafi'i
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:Imam
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Imam Shafi'i
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Al-Rabi'_ibn_Sulayman
gptkb:Al-Muzani
gptkb:Imam_Ahmad_ibn_Hanbal
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Imam_Abu_Hanifa
gptkb:Imam_Malik
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:law
gptkb:poetry
systematizing the principles of Islamic jurisprudence (Usul al-fiqh)
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:legacy Shafi'i school is one of the four major Sunni schools of law
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Arab
gptkbp:notableFor founder of the Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Al-Risala
gptkb:Kitab_al-Umm
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Idris_ibn_al-Abbas
gptkb:Fatimah_bint_Ubaydullah
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Cairo,_Egypt
gptkbp:schoolOfLaw gptkb:Shafi'i
gptkbp:studentOf gptkb:Al-Rabi'_ibn_Sulayman
gptkb:Ahmad_ibn_Hanbal
gptkb:Al-Muzani
gptkbp:teacherOf gptkb:Imam_Malik
gptkb:Muslim_ibn_Khalid_al-Zanji
gptkbp:title gptkb:Imam
Faqih
Mujtahid
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Imam_al-Aʿzam
gptkb:Al-Ash'ari
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6