Scholar·Abbasid
Death of Imam al-Shafi'i in Fustat
- Date
- January 820 CE204 AH1,206 years ago
- Place
- Fustat, Egypt
- People
- Al-Shafi'i
Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i died in Fustat, Egypt, in January 820. He set out the principles of legal reasoning in his book al-Risala, one of the first works on usul al-fiqh. He taught in Baghdad and Mecca before moving to Egypt late in life. The Shafi'i school of law is one of the four main Sunni schools.
Why it matters
His legal method shaped the Shafi'i school, which is common in Egypt, the Levant, East Africa and Southeast Asia.