Imam Shafi'I: Scholar And Saint

Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (767-820) was one of Islam's foundational legal thinkers. Shafi'i considered law vital to social and cosmic order: the key obligation of each Muslim was to obey God. This study sketches his life in his intellectual and social context.

• | By (Author): Kecia Ali
• | Series: Makers of the Muslim World
• | Publisher: Oneworld Publications
• | Publication Date: Jan 01, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 160 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9781851684380