SHAF'I

A Sunni school of thought: The Shafi'i school of thought was headed by Imam Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i who lived from 150 h. to 198 h. Imam Shafi'i was born in the Hijaz, and his school of thought emerged in Egypt. At the time of the Fatimid Dynasty, the Egyptians were mainly followers of the ahl al-bayt , and the teachings of the ahl al-bayt were being taught in Al-Azhar University. Then Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi came and waged an extensive war against the school of ahl al-bayt , banning the teaching of their madhhab in al-Azhar and resurrecting the other madhahib , including that of Imam Shafi'i, who was killed in Egypt in 198 h.