Shafi'i

The Shafi'i (Arabic: شافعي‎ Šāfiʿī ) madhhab is one of the four schools of Islamic law in Sunni Islam. It was founded by the Arab scholar Al-Shafi‘i in the early 9th century. The other three schools of Sunni jurisprudence are Hanafi, Maliki and Hanbali.

The Shafi school predominantly relies on the Quran and the Hadiths for Sharia. Where passages of Quran and Hadiths are ambiguous, the school first seeks religious law guidance from Ijma – the consensus of Sahabah (Muhammad's companions). If there was no consensus, the Shafi'i school relies on individual opinion (Ijtihad) of the companions of Muhammad, followed by analogy.

The Shafi'i school was, in the early history of Islam, the most followed ideology for Sharia. However, with the Ottoman Empire's expansion and patronage, it was replaced with the Hanafi school in many parts of the Muslim world. One of the many differences between the Shafi'i and Hanafi schools is that the Shafi'i school does not consider Istihsan (the personal preference of Islamic legal scholars) as an acceptable source of religious law because it amounts to "human legislation" of Islamic law.

Shafi (disambiguation)

Shafi may refer to:

Shafi (actor)

Shafi (Telugu: షఫీ) is an Indian film actor known for his works in Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, and Hindi cinema. An alumni of National School of Drama Shafi won Filmfare Award South Best supporting actor, for his debut Telugu film, Khadgam directed by Krishna Vamsi in 2002. Shafi then played the lead role along with Nandita Das in the film Kamli directed by K. N. T. Sastry which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year. His Other awards include Cine Goers Award for best supporting actor for the film Chatrapathi directed by S. S. Rajamouli, Bharathamuni Award for best supporting actor for the film Khaleja directed by Trivikram Srinivas.

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