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(d. 820 (AH 204)).
Founder of the
Sh
fi‘ite
school of Muslim law (
shar
‘a
). He was taught by
M
lik b. Anas
(amongst many others), but differed from him in paying particular attention to the methods of applying Qur’
n and
sunna
, and for that reason is regarded as the founder of u
l al-
fiqh
(the principles of fiqh). Thus he attempted to establish rules governing the exercise of
qiy
s
(analogy); but having done so, he was prepared to use it to establish a middle way between conservative traditionalism and innovation.
Founder of the
Sh
fi‘iteschool of Muslim law (
shar
‘a). He was taught by
M
lik b. Anas(amongst many others), but differed from him in paying particular attention to the methods of applying Qur’
n andsunna
, and for that reason is regarded as the founder of u
l al-fiqh
(the principles of fiqh). Thus he attempted to establish rules governing the exercise of
qiy
s(analogy); but having done so, he was prepared to use it to establish a middle way between conservative traditionalism and innovation.
al-Shaikh al-Akbar
:
:
al-Shayb
n
, Mu
ammad b. al-
asan:
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