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    Imam al-Shafi'i was a major Islamic legal scholar who made significant contributions to the development of usul al-fiqh, the principles of Islamic jurisprudence. He studied under many great scholars of his time and expanded upon their ideas while anchoring Islamic law to the Quran and Sunnah. His school of thought, known as the Shafi'i madhab, is the second most popular globally after the Hanafi madhab. In his early life, al-Shafi'i studied Arabic, history and the Quran despite his family's financial difficulties and memorized Imam Malik's Muwatta by age ten.

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    Imam al-Shafi'i was a major Islamic legal scholar who made significant contributions to the development of usul al-fiqh, the principles of Islamic jurisprudence. He studied under many great scholars of his time and expanded upon their ideas while anchoring Islamic law to the Quran and Sunnah. His school of thought, known as the Shafi'i madhab, is the second most popular globally after the Hanafi madhab. In his early life, al-Shafi'i studied Arabic, history and the Quran despite his family's financial difficulties and memorized Imam Malik's Muwatta by age ten.

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    IMAM AL-SHAFII THE FATHER OF

    USUL AL-FIQH
    In the study of fiqh, Islamic jurisprudence, different schools have developed over time. These schools
    were founded by the greatest legal minds in Islamic history, and expanded upon by their successors in
    their schools. Each one of these imams added a unique and new dimension to the understanding of
    Islamic law.

    For the third of the four great imams, Imam Muhammad al-Shafii, his great contribution was the codifying
    and organization of a concept known as usul al-fiqh the principles behind the study of fiqh. During his
    illustrious career, he learned under some of the greatest scholars of his time, and expanded on their
    ideas, while still holding close to the Quran and Sunnah as the main sources of Islamic laws. Today, his
    madhab (school of thought), is the second most popular on earth, after the madhab of Imam Abu Hanifa.
    Early Life

    Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafii was born in 767 (the year of Imam Abu Hanifas death) in Gaza, Palestine.
    His father died when he was very young, and thus his mother decided to move to Makkah, where many
    members of her family (who were originally from Yemen) were settled. Despite being in a very bad
    economic situation, his mother insisted that he embark on a path towards scholarship, especially
    considering the fact that he was from the family of the Prophet Muhammad .

    Thus, as a young man, he was trained in Arabic grammar, literature, and history. Because of his familys
    financial situation, his mother could not afford proper writing materials for the young al-Shafii. He was
    thus forced to take notes in his classes on old animal bones. Despite this, he managed to memorize the
    Quran at the age of seven. Afterwards, he began to immerse himself in the study of fiqh, and memorized
    the most popular book of fiqh at the time, Imam Maliks Muwatta, which he memorized by age ten.
    Studies Under Imam Malik

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