Biography Of Imam Syafi'i
Name and Ancestry Imam Shafi'i
He named Muhammad Abu Abdillah. Ancestry complete he is Muhammad ibn Idris ibn al-'Abbas ibn 'Uthman bin Shafi' ibn as-Saib bin 'Ubayd ibn Zayd ibn Hashim ibn Abd al-Muttalib bin' Abd Manaf ibn Qusai. His ancestry met the Prophet by Abdu Manaf ibn Qusai. By doing so, he still including biological relatives still unaccounted for descendants of the Prophet's uncle away to him, namely Hashim ibn al-Muttalib.
He was from day came (An area in the region Tihamah on the way to Yemen). He is a man dispossessed. Initially he lived in Medina and then moved and settled in 'Asqalan (seaside town in the Palestinian territories) and died in a state still young there. Shafi ', the grandfather of his grandfather, his name became a source attribution -which he (Shafi) - according to some scholars was a friend of Shigar (junior) of the Prophet. As-Saib, Mr. Shafi ', itself included kibar friend (senior) who has a physical resemblance to the Prophet. He was included in the ranks of Quraysh idolaters figures in the Battle of Badr. When he captured and redeem himself and declared himself converted to Islam.
Historians and scholars ancestry and hadith experts agree that Imam Shafi'i descended from pure Arabic. Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim had testified that they'll validity nasabnya and ketersambungannya with nasab Prophet, then they denied the opinions of a group of people from among Malikiyah and Hanafiyah stating that Imam Shafi'i not be nasab Qureish native descent, but only descendant wala 'only.
As for his mother, there are differences of opinion about his true identity. Some opinions say he was a descendant of al-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Abu Talib, while others cite a woman from the tribe Azadiyah which has kun-yah Umm Habibah. Imam an-Nawawi confirms that Imam Shafi's mother was a woman of keen worshiper and have high intelligence. He was a faqih in religious matters and has the ability to perform istinbath.
Time and Place of Birth
He was born in 150H. In the same year, Abu Hanifah died thus commented upon by al-Hakim as a sign that he is a substitute for Abu Hanifa in the field is practiced.
On the place of his birth, a lot of history that says a few different places. However, the illustrious and agreed upon by historians is Ghazzah city (a city located in the border region of Syria towards Egypt. Precisely in the south of Palestine. The distance to the city about two farsakh Asqalan). Another place that was mentioned is the city of Asqalan and Yemen.
Ibn Hajar explained that the narrations can be combined with said that he was born in a place called Ghazzah in Asqalan area. When it was two years old, he was taken by his mother to the land of Hijaz and mingle with the country's population of Yemenis because she came from the tribe of Azdiyah (from Yemen). Then when he was 10 years old, he was brought to Mecca, because the mother was worried nasabnya glorious lost and forgotten.
