Shafi'i

Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d. 819), who founded the Shafi'i school of thought, recognized the problem of individual laymen trying to perform ijtihad, who would come up with haphazard opinions.

Archive 2006-09-01 JDsg 2006

So the Shafi'i will not allow men and women to pray together if only to preserve a state of wudu during prayer.

Regarding "Progressive" Islam, Covering, and Gender Segregation During Salat JDsg 2006

Under one school of thought, the Shafi'i (which I belong to), contact between any man and woman, no matter how coincidental, will nullify the wudu for each, which means of course that both have to do wudu once more before being allowed to pray.

Regarding "Progressive" Islam, Covering, and Gender Segregation During Salat JDsg 2006

Other Islamic schools, including the Hanafi, Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanbali, and Zaydi, are to be accorded full respect, and their followers are free to act in accordance with their own jurisprudence in performing their religious rites.

"BusHitler"? That is sooo 2003! 2006

Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d. 819), who founded the Shafi'i school of thought, recognized the problem of individual laymen trying to perform ijtihad, who would come up with haphazard opinions.

Regarding Ijtihad JDsg 2006

Sunni has four schools of Islamic doctrine and law - Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali - which uniquely interpret the Hadith, or recorded oral traditions of Muhammad.

Notes and Definitions 2008

Under one school of thought, the Shafi'i (which I belong to), contact between any man and woman, no matter how coincidental, will nullify the wudu for each, which means of course that both have to do wudu once more before being allowed to pray.

Archive 2006-09-01 JDsg 2006

So the Shafi'i will not allow men and women to pray together if only to preserve a state of wudu during prayer.

Archive 2006-09-01 JDsg 2006

Shafi'i (A.H. 195 = A.D. 810) is said to have foretold their rule in Egypt where an Ottoman defended him against a donkey-boy.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

In the interests of full disclosure, any questions that you ask pertaining to Islamic Law, I will answer by describing the judgment of the Shafi'i school of Islamic Law.

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