Abu al-Qasim al-Rafi'i

Abu al-Qasim al-Rafi'i
أبو القاسم الرافعي
TitleShaykh al-Islam
Hujjat al-Islam
al-Shaykhayn
Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal
Born1160
Qazvin
Died1226 (aged 65–66)
Qazvin
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic golden age
RegionPersia
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i[1]
CreedAsh'ari[2]
Notable work(s)Al-'Aziz Sharh al-Wajiz [ar]
Al-Muharrar
Tarikh al-Qazwin
Sharh al-Musnad Li al-Shafi'i
OccupationScholar, Jurist, Muhaddith, Mufassir, Legal Theoretician, Historian
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced

Abd al-Karīm b. Muḥammad Ibn 'Abd al-Karīm b. al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥusayn b. al-Ḥasan Imām al-Din Abū al-Qāsim al-Rāfi'i al-Qazwini, who was better known as Abū al-Qāsim al-Rāfi'i (Arabic: أبو القاسم الرافعي) was a Sunni Muslim scholar based in Qazvin. He was a well-known jurisconsult, legal theoretician, hadith scholar, Qur'anic exegete, historian, ascetic, and muhaqqiq (researcher).[3][4][5] Shah Waliullah Dehlawi categorized al-Rafi'i as one of the scholars who attained mujtahid mutlaq [ar] (absolute/autonomous ijtihad).[6] Al-Rāfi'i, along with al-Nawawi, are leading jurists of the earlier classical age, known by the Shafi'i school as the Two Shaykhs (al-Shaykhayn).[7] As per Taj al-Din al-Subki, the purpose of this title is to indicate their superior standing within the school, as al-Rāfi'i and al-Nawawi were the primary sources for the later school's legal doctrines.[8] Furthermore, al-Rafi'i was chosen by a host of scholars to be the mujaddid of the sixth/twelfth century.[9]

  1. ^ Ali Shehata Abdou Selim (27 February 2015). The Concept of Coexistence in Islamic Primary Sources: An Analytical Examination. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 143. ISBN 9781443875875.
  2. ^ "The Notables of the Shafi'i-Ash'ari school". almostaneer.com (in Arabic). Indonesia: Dar al-Ihsan Institute for Islamic Education. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017.
  3. ^ Umar Rida Kahhala. "Dictionary of Authors, Biographies of Arabic Book Compilers". shamela.ws/ (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 11 August 2016.
  4. ^ Yasin Dutton (2 October 2012). Original Islam: Malik and the Madhhab of Madina. Taylor & Francis. p. 192. ISBN 9781134304257.
  5. ^ Aaron Spevack (9 September 2014). The Archetypal Sunnī Scholar: Law, Theology, and Mysticism in the Synthesis of Al-Bājūri. State University of New York Press. p. 73-74. ISBN 9781438453729.
  6. ^ Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (2011). The Conclusive Argument from God: Shāh Walī Allāh of Delhi's Ḥujjat Allāh al-Bāligha. Brill. p. 463. ISBN 9004444769.
  7. ^ Chibli Mallat (2022). The Normalization of Saudi Law. Oxford University Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780190092757.
  8. ^ Youcef L. Soufi (2023). The Rise of Critical Islam: 10th-13th Century Legal Debate. Oxford University Press. p. 182. ISBN 9780197685006.
  9. ^ Wael Hallaq (23 February 2022). Law and Legal Theory in Classical and Medieval Islam. Taylor & Francis. p. 26. ISBN 9781000585049.