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- noun Plural form of
Shafiite .
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Suhrawardy belonged to the orthodox school of the Shafiites, and gained
Mystics and Saints of Islam Claud Field 1902
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According to the Shafiites (one of the four great Mohammedan schools of theology), Islam, as a principle of the law of God, is "the manifesting of humility or submission, and outward conforming with the law of God, and the taking upon oneself to do or to say as the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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