Abū ʿAbdullāh Muhammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī (larabci|أبـو عـبـد الله مـحـمـد ابـن إدريـس الـشـافـعيّ) yarayu daga (767 zuwa 820 CE, ko kuma 150 zuwa 204 AH, hijra). An haifi Imam alShafi'i a watan Augusta shekara ta 767 CE a garin birnin Gaza, Bilad al-Sham, a daular Abbasiyya Sannan ya kuma rasu a shatara (19) ga watan Janairun shekara ta 820 CE (yanafa shekaru 54) al-Fustat, a kasar Egypt. Imam Shafi'i Shehin Malamin addinin musulunci ne kuma balarabe, marubuci maikarantarwa, yana daya daga cikin wadanda suka fayyace ilimin fiqihu na farko, (Uṣūl al-fiqh) a addinin musulunci. Anfi kiransa da 'Shaykh al-Islām', al-Shāfi‘ī na kuma daya daga cikin manya manyan malamai hudu wadanda karatun su da ayyukan su wa addinin musulunci yasa aka kebe mazhabarsu amatsayin hanyoyi na dokokin bin addinin musulunci abisa sunnar manzon Allah tsira da amincin Allah sun tabbata agare shi, Mazhabar Imam din itace Shafi`iyya makatantar fiqhu ce (ko Madh'hab). Yakasance daya daga cikin manyan daliban Imam Malik ibn Anas kuman yataba rike gwamnan Najar.