- Speaker: . Shaykh Muhammad Musa as Sharif
- Category: BIOGRAPHY
- Language: ARABIC-ENGLISH
The Life of Imaam Muhammad ibn Idrees ash-Shaafi’i by Shaykh Muhammad Musa ash-Shareef.
Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Idriss descended from the Hashimi family of the Quraysh tribe to which the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, belonged. He was born in Gaza, Palestine in 150H / 767CE, and became famous as Imam Ash-Shafi’i.
His father died when he was very young and he was brought up by his mother in a very poor home. Thinking his relatives would help her raise him to be a good Muslim, she took him to Makkah. He spent a lot of his time among the Bedouins as he mastered Arabic and acquired great knowledge of Arabic poetry.
At the age of twenty, he went to Madinah and remained there as a student of Imam Malik till the latter’s death in 796CE. He spent a total of nine years with Malik during which he managed to learn everything Malik had to offer. He also came into contact with other learned men from whom he acquired more knowledge of the Qur’an and the Sunnah. Imam Ash-Shafi’i possessed a very sharp memory and knew all of Imam Malik’s Muwatta by heart.
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