Al-Shafi'i dies in Fustat; his Risala founds the theory of Islamic law by ordering its sources (Qur'an, Sunna, consensus, analogy), and the Shafi'i school spreads through Egypt, East Africa, and Southeast Asia.
Tagged: Muslim Sunni Islam
The Event
- Date
- c. 820 (approximate)
- Era
- Abbasid; Standard periodization of Islamic history
- Location
- Fustat; today Cairo, Egypt
- Traditions
- Islam
- Streams
- Sunni Islam
- Key figures
- Al-Shafi'i
- Key texts
- Al-Risala, Kitab al-Umm
Primary Sources
- Al-Risala
Secondary Sources
- Hallaq, An Introduction to Islamic Law (Cambridge, 2009)
- Schacht, An Introduction to Islamic Law (Oxford, 1964)
Provenance: HIST-0222; confidence 0.85; accessed 2026-10-27.
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