Portrait: Al-Shafi'i
Sun'i · Public domain

Al-Shafi'i (767–820)

Islamic jurist, muhaddith, qadi, ulema · Gaza City – El-Fustat

Also known as: মুহাম্মদ ইবনে ইদ্রিস আশ-শাফি'ঈ

Arab world (Gaza–Egypt), 767–820. One of the great jurists of Islam and founder of one of its schools of law, he was also a poet; his diwan is credited with short poems of wisdom on patience, fate and dignity. His work is in the public domain.

Poems