At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia · Egypt & Nile
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Sects and schoolsDevelopment of law, theology and institutions
Overview
The Shafi'i school is the school of Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i. Ahmad Amin counts it the second widest of the schools in its use of opinion, after the Hanafi. 3
Istihsan
Ahmad Amin reports that the Shafi'is rejected the istihsan that the Hanafis upheld, and transmits a saying of al-Shafi'i in disapproval: "Whoever practises istihsan has made a law." 4
Not covered here: its principles, its books and its spread; a second source is needed.
Connections
- Founded by
- Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i
People and things also explored
Ahmad ibn Hanbal· The authority of the Sunna (hujjiyyat al-sunna)· Muwatta 77· Muwatta 88· Muwatta 540· Muwatta 584· Muwatta 587· Muwatta 615
Sources
- Duha al-Islam — Ahmad Amin (Hindawi 2012) , p. 502
- Duha al-Islam — Ahmad Amin (Hindawi 2012) , p. 504
- Duha al-Islam — Ahmad Amin (Hindawi 2012) , p.502
- Duha al-Islam — Ahmad Amin (Hindawi 2012) , p.504
- The Emergence of Ijtihad-based Jurisprudence and Its Stages — Muhammad Ali al-Sayis
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Shafi'i school (madhhab)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/shafii-madhhab/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.