caption era notability title birth_date image article_title name
abu islamic calligraphy ʿabdillah muhammad ibn idris al-shafi ` i with islamic golden age islamic scholar shaykh al-islām 767 ce/150 ah al-shafie name.png al-shafi ` i
 abū ʿabdillāh muhammad ibn idrīs al-shāfi ` ī
al-shafi ` i

abū ʿabdullāh muhammad ibn idrīs al-shāfīʿī -lrb- -rrb- a muslim jurist , who lived from -lrb- 767 -- 820 ce / 150 -- 204 ah -rrb- .
often referred to as ` shaykh al-islām ' he was one of the four great imams of which a legacy on juridical matters and teaching eventually led to the shafi'i school of `` fiqh '' -lrb- or madh ` hab -rrb- named after him .
hence he is often called imam al-shafi ` i.
