Imam Shafi'i Scholar and Saint

This innovative study assesses Imam Shafi'i¿s life in its intellectual and social context, his engagement with other important early legal figures, and the development of his legal thought and teachings. It also examines how he became the posthumous patron saint of a legal school; and why he remains today a figure of popular interest and veneration as well as a powerful symbol of orthodoxy.

Kecia Ali is Associate Professor of Religion at Boston University where she teaches a range of courses on Islam. She serves as co-chair for the Study of Islam Section of the American Academy of Religion. Her book Sexual Ethics and Islam is also published by Oneworld.

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Arabian Years	p. 1
From Student to Shaykh	p. 27
Legal Theory I: The Risala, Sunna, and Hadith	p. 47
Legal Theory II: Analogy, Ijtihad, and Consensus	p. 69
The Umm and Substantive Law	p. 79
Saint Shafi'i	p. 99
Conclusion	p. 113
Further Reading	p. 117
Bibliography	p. 121
Index	p. 131
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