Who rests here
Scholar · died 204 AH · Cairo
Imam of the Shafi'i school and a great mujtahid ; author of al-Risala , the first book in the field of legal theory ( usul al-fiqh ) to have come down to us. His full name is Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Idris ibn al-Abbas al-Shafi'i . He was born in 150 (767) in Gaza.
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How to get there
Located in: Cairo
Coordinates: 30.01170, 31.25800
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- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA)
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