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Shafii

Shafi'i, or the Shafi'i madhhab, is a school of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence named after Imam Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (c. 767–820 CE). It is one of the four principal Sunni madhhabs, alongside Hanafi, Maliki, and Hanbali. The Shafi'i school develops a systematic method for deriving law from religious texts and is particularly known for its use of hadith and a formalized usul al-fiqh.

Its core sources are, in order, the Qur'an and the Sunnah; followed by ijma (consensus) and qiyas

Geographically, the Shafi'i madhhab has been influential in Egypt, the Levant, Yemen, the Horn of Africa, and

(analogical
reasoning).
Unlike
some
other
schools,
Shafi'i
jurists
place
strong
emphasis
on
the
textual
chain
of
transmission
and
the
authenticity
of
hadith;
they
typically
reject
istihsan
(juristic
preference)
and
maslahah
mursala
as
independent
sources,
prioritizing
explicit
textual
justification
for
rulings.
The
school's
principal
early
doctrinal
works
include
al-Risala
and
al-Umm
by
al-Shafi'i,
which
laid
out
the
theory
of
jurisprudence
and
the
accepted
methods
of
deriving
rulings,
including
the
concept
of
illah
(the
effective
cause)
in
qiyas
and
the
careful
use
of
public
interest
within
defined
limits.
much
of
Southeast
Asia
(notably
Indonesia
and
Malaysia)
as
well
as
parts
of
South
Asia.
It
remains
one
of
the
most
widely
followed
Sunni
schools.
Notable
Shafi'i
scholars
include
al-Shafi'i
himself,
al-Nawawi,
and
Ibn
Hajar
al-Asqalani;
their
works
continue
to
guide
jurists
within
the
school.