Imam Shafi
Imam Ahmad narrates that Prophet said O Allah guide Quresh for the scholar that comes to them will encompass the world
Prophet was referring to Imam Shafi
Every 100 years Allah sends a reviver who renews the religion
First was Umar bin Abdul Aziz and next was Imam Shafi
Imam Shafi's teacher is Imam Malik and his student is Imam Ahmad
Imam Shafi lineage is the richest
Imam Shafi's grandfather was Ash Shaib a cousin of the Prophet who looked like the Prophet
As Sahib was fighting in Badr and accepted Islam after
Imam Shafi was born 150 AH
Imam Abu Hanifa died in year 150 AH
the same day Imam Abu Hanifa died Imam Shafi was born
Imam Shafi was born in Gaza Palestine
In the part of Asklan
the place of Hashem because the Great Grandfather of the Prophet died in Gaza
Imam Shafi father was from Banu Mutalib
Prophet said Banu Hashem and Banu Mutalib are one tribe
His father passed away when he was 2 years old
Imam Shafi name is Muhammad ibn Idris
His mother is also related to the Prophet
His mother is Fatima bint Abdullah ibn Hassan ibn Hassan ibn Ali ibn Abu Talib
His mother is from tribe of Banu Az from Yemen
She takes Imam Shafi to Makkah to connect him to Banu Hashem
And probably learn the religion
She was a very patience women and a great worshipper
She traveled from Gaza to Makkah
Imam Shafi said his mother told him we are poor people and have no money
She will not remarry because he want to focus on him and his learning
She dedicated him to knowledge
Imam Shafi is in the same position as the Prophet was
Imam Shafi looks for the halaqat and sits there
Imam Shafi goes back to his mom and said he does not want to go there
The teacher ignores him
His mother says present yourself to knowledge by entering with Adab
Listen as if you are not there
Imam Shafi did that and memorized everything the teacher said
Imam Shafi would go to the students and review his lesson with them
Teacher would go on break and would teach the students then
The teacher accepted Imam Shafi as a teacher's assistant at age 6
Imam Shafi had nothing to pay the teacher and the teacher said its ok
At age 7 he completed the memorization of Quran
His mother would go the dumpsters and collect the old government papers
so Imam Shafi could write on it
Imam Shafi memorized the Muawatta in 9 days
His mother pursues the contact with Imam Malik and other teachers
Imam Shafi had a very beautiful recitation of the Quran
Imam Shafi spends time with a Yemani tribe of Ibn Masood
To learn the Arabic language with them
He spent 17 years learning Arabic from them
His language was very beautiful and perfect
Imam Shafi said he spent amongst the best of the Arabs and learned language
He learned all of its poetry and dialects
He mastered Archery, Horse Riding, and Arabic language
He was an expert archer but his knowledge far exceeded that
He masters everything
He would get bored because he finished it too quickly
When he left the gatherings of knowledge he found himself obsessed with Hadith
He wrote every Hadith he can
At the age of 15 he was licensed by the Muft of Makkah to give fatwa
The Mufti was Muslim ibn Khalid from Africa
Imam Shafi looked younger than his age and not much of a beard
Imam Shafi teaches the Fiqh of Fasting during Ramadan while sipping water
Imam Shafi excuse is he has not reached puberty yet
And it was too hot and he was teaching
He did not like people asking about his age
Imam Malik would say Mind your own business if he was asked his age
If you ask scholars age then people would say he is too young or just like us
Imam Shafi memory was photographic
His Kunya was Aba Abdullah
Someone advised Imam Shafi to learn from Imam Malik
He goes to Madinah at age 20
He is in awe of Imam Malik
His mother sells everything in Makkah to send Imam Shafi to study with him
His mother asks the Amir to write a letter of recommendation
Imam Malik turns away Imam Shafi because he does not tolerate the nonsense of the governors
Imam Shafi knocks on door of Imam Malik and reads the letter of governor
Letter mentions the lineage of Imam Shafi
Imam Malik takes the letter and throws it to the side
Imam Malik said have we reached the position where knowledge it takes through connections
He became angry
Imam Shafi enters into the house of Imam Malik
At this time Imam Malik is very old
Imam Malik asks Shafi how much you love knowledge
He said how a child loves his mother
Imam Malik knows your personality
Imam Malik looked at Shafi and said fear Allah and abandon doing anything Allah has prohibited
Imam Malik said Allah will elevate your rank
Allah place a light in your heart
Do not darken your heart with disobedience of Allah
Imam Malik said come back tomorrow and sit in the first row
the next day Shafi comes and sits in the halaqa
Imam Shafi ran out of ink so he used his spit
Imam Malik heard his Muawata and other
Imam Malik loved his Arabic and fell in love with Shafi
Imam Malik said I never had a scholar more brillant
Shafi was his best student
Shafi dressed a certain way and his mother sees him
His mother said what did you learn
He said I learned Adan and knowledge and she said you learned nothing
Imam Malik said I come back with good manners and knowledge
Shafi's mom is like Malik's mom
His mother embraced him and hugged him
Shafi would quote his mother
His mother said do not trust a man whose words changed between two Jummahs
Shafi spent 6 years with Imam Malik
Imam Malik sponsors Imam Shafi
Imam Malik had a lot of fun with him
They both had the quality of seeing a person's personality boy looking at them
They would figure out what is troubling a person
once a man passed by and they disagreed on one man
Shafi asked the man and the man said I was a shepherd then carpenter
Both of them were right
Shafi was shy to disagreed with Malik in front of him
A man came and said to his wife if you are not more beautifully than the moon I will divorce you
Imam Shafi said this is your first revokable divorce
Shafi followed the man and said you are not divorced and man is created in the best creation and your wife is more beautiful than the moon
Imam Malik heard and was happy and Shafi was right
Imam Shafi stayed with Imam Malik for 6 years until his death
Imam Shafi was 29 years old when Imam Malik passed away
Shafi held Imam Malik in very high esteem
He did not disagreed with him much
He said this is what my teacher said
Shafi was known for his Qiyam and Qiraat
He would give life to the night
Shafi used to recite the Quran once a day
In Ramadan would recite the Quran twice a day
Shafi was walking and accidentally saw the leg of a woman
He got angry at himself
He goes to Wakir bin Jarra
Wakir had an amazing memory and Shafi admired him
Shafi complained about his memory loss and Wakir said knowledge is light of Allah and light of Allah is given to a sinner
Shafi did not like arguing and raising his voice
A lot of people of jealous of him
He blew the people away and went to Shafi
Shafi changed the persecutive of people
Shafi said purify your ears from backbiting
the one who hears evil is a partner in that evil
Shafi would make dua that he did not win debate
Shafi wanted the truth to be realized but not because of it
Shafi wanted his knowledge to be realized but not his name
Shafi never lost to a debate
One man stood up and said are you Shafi and he said you are an evil sinner
Shafi said O Allah if he said what is true forgive me and if it is not than forgive him
Shafi hated using the word liar
Shafi debated with Abu Musa and won and stunned the other man
Abu Musa got up and did not say salaam
Shafi ran to him and said can't we be brothers even if we don't agree on an issue
Shafi would very calmly address his issues
A man made dua out loud in sujood in Madinah
He said O Allah kill Shafi so people do not forget the knowledge of Imam Malik
Imam Shafi heard and said A man is making dua I die
If I die then he will die too
He said to say to the one who seeking that from the past
He says the one who made this dua against me has the same destiny as me
Tell the man to stop and protect himself
Shafi protected the Madhab of Imam Malik
Shafi has personality like Abu Hanifa
Shafi used to joke with his students in his halaqa
A man sent his son to buy wood that is 30 yards long
His son said its length is 30 how side should it be
Shafi said the wood should be as wide as my tragedy and having a son like you
They laughed
Shafi was sick and someone said may Allah strengthen you
Shafi laughed and said no you are trying to kill me
Shafi said asked Allah to give me strengthen against my sickness
Shafi would give a riddle before the halaqa to wake up his students
How does Allah punish fire with fire
Shafi asked for some clay and threw it at him
He said why did you do that
Shafi said did it hurt he said yes and he was made from clay
Shafi was very charitable
His face turned red out of embarrassment when he had no money to give to a beggar
Shafi would travel a lot the entire muslim world
He is from Palestine and goes to Makkah then Madinah
Imam Malik sponsored him
Shafi would asked his mother's permission for every journey
After Madinah Shafi goes to Najran the border of Saudi Arabia and Yemen
He was appointed as a Judge there
the governor of Najran wrote a letter to Haroon Rasheed and said Shafi is a closet Shia and is planning a revolution against him
the governor arrests Shafi
Shafi is from Ahle Bayt and he would talk about Ahle Bayt in his poetry
Shafi said Ahle Bayt are my reason and purpose for living
they are my connection and I hope I meet them on day of judgment holding my book in my right hand
Haroon Rasheed has never met Shafi because he has not been to Iraq yet
Shafi is in chains with 8 other people
Muhammad bin Hasan the student of Imam Abu Hanifa and Imam Malik sees Imam Shafi
Shafi speaks and gives a clarification defending himself
He talks about his connection to Haroon Rasheed and love for Ahle Bayt
Haroon Rasheed was very impressed
Haroon says to Shafi you are free and work with Muhammad bin Hassan
This was the greatest favor done to Imam Shafi and it broadened his scope
Imam Shafi would say you might hate something but it is better for you
He got a free ride to Baghdad
Now Haroon gives him 50,000 dinars
Imam Shafi gave it all away
Haroon thought maybe he was like Imam Malik
the guard came and gave the guard the money to give to Shafi
Shafi smiled and said I did not accept it from Amir why would I accept it from you
Shafi stayed in the house of Muhammad bin Hassan
Shafi defended the Madam of Malik
Shafi and Muhammad would have debate all night
People would hear their debates publics
the positions of Imam Malik and Abu Hanifa
Shafi left Baghdad with all of Muhammad bin Hassan knowledge
Shafi gained an appreciation for Abu Hanifa's fiqh in those three years
Shafi would lead the salah in the Hanifa way in Baghdad
Shafi settled in Makkah and people flocked to meet him
Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal went to study with Shafi too
Imam Ahmad studied Muawata with 17 scholars
He was not satisfied until he studied with Imam Shafi
the Shafi Fiqh was taught at the Haram in Makkah in front of Kaaba
195 AH Shafi goes back to Baghdad for another 4 years at ager of 45 years
By then Haroon Rasheed passed away and his son assumed the Khalifah
His son was Al Amin
198 AH Am Mamoon assumes the Khalifah and he introduced a deviant ideology
the Mutazial they believed the Quran is created and Allah does not know future
Imam Ahmad dedicates himself to Imam Shafi from 195 to 198
Imam Shafi merged the two schools of Imam Malik and Abu Hanifa
Imam Shafi wrote first book on Usool Fiqh
Imam Shafi clarified abrogated Hadith
Imam Shafi reviews his book 400 times
Imam Shafi Madhab is very organized because he is the only Imam that wrote his own Fiqh
His Mastered the Fiqh of Imam Malik and Abu Hanifa
All scholars would benefit of Imam Shafi
He gained respect of all schools of thought
Mamoon took power
Shafi sees the fitnah growing and decides to move to Egypt
Mamoon offered to appoint Shafi as Judge
Shafi knew he was deviant Judge so he moved
Shafi left Iraq to Imam Ahmad
Shafi leaves the people of Iraq that Allah never forgets the oppressor
It is a difficult journey from Iraq to Egypt
In Egypt Shafi becomes very wealthy and also dies there as well
199 AH Imam Shafi moves to Egypt to avoid the fitna in Iraq
In Egypt Imam Shafi was welcomed by many students and scholars
Old and New Shafi Madhab
Imam Shafi had 80 fatwas in Iraq and kept 16 of them for Egypt
Shafi refines his ideas by encountering the people of Egypt
Imam Shafi knows all four Madhabs
Imam Shafi had relatives from his mothers side in Egypt and he stayed with them
to follow the sunnah of the Prophet
Amr ibn Al As conquered Egypt and he built masjid there
Imam Shafi taught at that masjid
Imam Shafi writes Kitab ul Umm
He revises his legal theory a final time
He meets his favorite teacher who was a women Nafisa bint Al Hasan
She was the daughter in law of Imam Jafar As Sadiq
She is the granddaughter of Hasan ibn Ali
Her family moved to Egypt
She was a master of Fiqh and Hadith
She was a worshipper and known for he righteous
She was the most charitable person in Egypt and helping those with special needs
She made Hajj 30 times
Shafi reviews Umm and Risala with her
He took from all the scholars of Egypt, Makkah, Madinah, Iraq, Yemen
He encountered each and every school of thought in the ummah
Imam Ahmad would always make dua for Shafi because he was like what the sun means to the world
Ismail ibn Yahya Al Muzani who was a student of Imam Shafi
Ismail was very brilliant
Ismail said to Shafi to prove that consensus of the Ummah is must
Shafi gave a long answer then Ismail became his student
Shafi said Ismail would beat the shaytan in a debate
Shafi took with him two students to Egypt from Iraq
Imam Shafi is beating everyone is debates
His Madhab became superior and he wrote over 100 books
Egypt became a center of rich debate
the ones who hated Shafi the most were the fanatical followers of Imam Malik
they called him a sell out and names and they slandered him
Imam Shafi debated with many people
Imam Shafi was beat up at one point
Now the fanatical Madhabism starts
the second time he was beat may have caused his death
He passed away in 204
AH at age 54 In Rajab 29 on day of Jummuah
On his deathbed he has a beautiful poem
To you O my Creator I raise my Longing even if I find myself to me a wrongdoing and when my heart became constricted and my heart became narrow that I take hy hope in your forgiveness as an escape my sins seems very great but your forgiveness is greater than my sins You are and are still the one who forgives sins you grant and forgive out of your benevolence
When he died everyone knew how much Nafisa loved her
His body was taken to her house so she can pray a separate Janaza in her house alone
He never got to meet Imam Layth but he is buried next to him outside Masjid Amr Al As
Imam Shafi would carry a stick all the time to remember that he is always traveling in this world and that death is coming
The most organized and balanced of all the Madhabs
Quran and Sunnah are one and the same like Imam Malik
the consensus of the companions
he liked the Madhab of Ibn Abbas
He used Qais as a source of legislation
He disregarded the choice of what his heart feels
Qunoot in Fajr Salah
Imam Nawawi wrote greatly in the Shafi Madhab
Imam Nawawi explains Hadith in opinion of Shafi
Imam Gazali was Shafi
Imam Zahabi is a Shafi
Ibn Kathir is Shafi
Imam Bayhaqi is Shafi
Ibn Hajar tried to prove Bukhari was a Shafi
Biography of Shafi was written early on by Dawood Az Zahri
He was a student of Shafi then took a hard core approach
Bayhaqi wrote the biography of Shafi
Imam Nawawi thanked Imam Shafi in beginning of every work
Salahuddin Al Ayubi was Shafi
It was spread to Egypt, Abbyissina, Southern part of India, Indonesia and Malaysia
It spread to Yemen and Sri Lanka