His Humbleness:
Al-Hasan bin Abdul-Aziz al-Jarwi al-Misri reported form Imaam Shafi'ee used to say, "I have never debated with someone who I want to make a mistake, nor do I possess any knowledge that I want to keep to myself, rather that it should be with all and not just related to me."
He also said, "I have never debated with someone who I want to make a mistake. And I have never debated someone except I say to them, O' Allah, put the truth in his heart and on his tongue. If I am on the truth he will follow me, and if he is on the truth then I will follow him."
A Scholar of Quraish:
Imaam Ahmed bin Hanbal is reported to have said, "When I am questioned about some matter that I do not know of I say to myself Imaam Shafi'ee knows about this and he will have some say in it, because he is an 'Alim (Scholar) of Quraish. And the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, An Alim of Quraish fills the earth with knowledge." (al-Manaaqib, Lil-Baihaqi, Vol. 1, Page 54)
Al-Raazi says, "This Hadith is attainable by a man who possesses three characteristics: 1. that he is from Quraish 2. that he has abundant knowledge among religious scholars 3. that his abundant knowledge will indeed reach from east to west of the world
After saying this Al-Raazi says, "The man described above is no other than Al-Shafi'ee." (Musnad of Abu Dawood Al-Tabalusi, p. 39-40)
The Imaam is from Quraish and the following other Ahadith (narrations) are indications towards him:
1. Abdullah bin Masood (RA) narrates from the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) as saying, "Do not curse at the Quraish, for verily a scholar from there fills the earth with knowledge. O'Allah, you have made their first taste your punishment, now make the last of them taste your gift and favor." (Musnad of Abu Dawood Al-Tabalusi, p. 39-40)
2. Abu Hurairah (RA) narrates that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "O'Allah, Guide the Quraish, for verily a scholar from there fills the earth with knowledge. O'Allah, just you have made them taste your punishment, now let them taste your gift and favor." He made this supplication three times. (al-Khateeb fee al-tarikh, V.2, P.61)
3. Imaam Al-Shafi'ee is Quraishi and Muttalibi. One hadith says, "Indeed Banu Haashim and Banu al-Muttalib are the same (ie. of the same family lineage). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) then put his fingers of both hands together. (Al-Sunan al-Kubra', V.6, P.340)
4. In one narration the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "Indeed, at the beginning of every hundred years Allah SWT sends a reformer of this Ummah who will revive the Ummah in religion. (Al-Mustadrik, V.4, P.522, Al-Khateeb fee al-tarikh, V.2, P.61)
His Children:
First Child's Name: Abu Usman, Muhammad (was a judge in Madinah, grew up in Syria) Second Child's Name: Fatimah Third Child's Name: Zainab His Going to Egypt: The Imaam went to Egypt in the year 199 A.H. (814/815 A.D.) during the beginning of the Mamun Khilafah. He went back to Baghdad for a month then again returned to Egypt and stayed until his demise in the year 204 A.H. (819/820 A.D.)
His Writings and Books:
1. Al-Risalah al-Qadeemah (Kitaabul-Hujjah)
2. Al-Risalah al-Jadeedah
3. Ikhtilaaful-Hadith
4. Ibtaal-al-Istihsaan
5. Ahkaam-ul-Qur'an
6. Biyaadhul-Fardh
7. Sifatul-al-Amr wal-Nahiy
8. Ikhtilaaf Malik wal-Shafi'ee
9. Ikhtilaaf-al-Iraqiyeen
10. Ikhtilaaf Muhammad bin Hasan
11. Fadha'il Quraish
12. Kitaabul-Umm 13. Kitaabul-Sunan
His Demise:
The Imaam became very sick at the end of his life with hemmariodal pain and passed away in Egypt on Thursday night after Isha' Prayer after performing Maghrib Prayer on the last day of Rajab. We was buried in Cairo, Egypt on Friday in the year 204 A.H. (819/820 A.D.) His Masjid in Cairo can be visited in the Imaam Al-Shafi'ee Neighborhood. May Allah be pleased with him. Ameen. Translated by Adil Khan on 11th of Shabaan, 1422 A.H. from Kitaabul-Umm, Printed in Beirut, Lebanon.
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