Shafi`i
The Syafi'i (Arabic: الشَّافِعِيُّ) or Shafi'i is one of the four schools of jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. The third largest by population, it was founded by Imam Al-Shafi'i.
It is practiced in Asia and Africa.
South Asia: Maldives, Sri Lanka and most South Indian states including Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, as well as Maharashtra, including its largest city, Mumbai.
Southeast Asia: Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, southern Philippines, and Thailand.
Western Asia: Eastern Turkey, large parts of Hadhramaut, and the Levant.
Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique.
Shafi`i Media
Illustration of a 1585-1590 Ottoman manuscript depicting Muḥammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī
Shafiʽi school is predominantly found across the Indian Ocean littoral.
Book cover of Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra by Shaykh al-Islam Taj al-Din al-Subki (d. 771/1370)
