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Arab Muslim theologian, writer and scholar (767–820)

Abū ʿAbdullāh Muhammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī (28 August 767 — 19 January 820) was a Palestinian-Arab Muslim theologian, writer, and scholar, who was the first contributor of the principles of Islamic jurisprudence (Uṣūl al-fiqh). Often referred to as 'Shaykh al-Islām', al-Shāfi‘ī was one of the four great Imams, whose legacy on juridical matters and teaching eventually led to the Shafi'i school of fiqh (or Madh'hab).

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Native Name: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ الشَّافِعِيُّ المُطَّلِبيّ القُرشيّ

Alternative Names: Imam Shafi • Imam al-Shafi'i • Muhammad ibn Idris Al-Shafi'i • Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Idris Al-Shafi'i

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Knowledge is that which benefits not that which is memorized.

O Allah! You blessed me with Islam and I didn’t ask You for it, O Allah bless me with Jannah and I am asking for it.

He said to the effect that no knowledge of Islam can be gained from books of Kalam, as kalam is not from knowledge and that "It is better for a man to spend his whole life doing whatever Allah has prohibited - besides shirk with Allah - rather than spending his whole life involved in kalam.

Do not love the one who doesn’t love Allah. If they can leave Allah, they will leave you.

My sin had burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace, O Lord! Your Forgiveness came out greater.

He who seeks pearls immerses himself in the sea.

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