Abu al-Qasim al-Rafi'i أبو القاسم الرافعي | |
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Title | Shaykh al-Islam Hujjat al-Islam al-Shaykhayn Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
Personal | |
Born | 1160 |
Died | 1226 (aged 65–66) |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Islamic golden age |
Region | Persia |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Shafi'i[1] |
Creed | Ash'ari[2] |
Notable work(s) | Al-'Aziz Sharh al-Wajiz Al-Muharrar Tarikh al-Qazwin Sharh al-Musnad Li al-Shafi'i |
Occupation | Scholar, Jurist, Muhaddith, Mufassir, Legal Theoretician, Historian |
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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 (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]