IRK ASSIGNMENT

INTRODUCTION In the name Allah, The Most Gracious and The Most Merciful, all praises to Him because finally we managed to complete this assignment successfully with the help and guidance of our lecturer, Madam Maznah binti Mazlan. Without the encouragement and support from our friends and classmates also, we may not be able to finish this assignment within the time given. We were given a task on the biography of Islamic scholars and we had chosen Imam Shafi’i because we were mesmerized by his amazing personality quality. We are really eager to know about the journey of his life, his educational background and how he overcome all the challenges that he had to face in order to become one of the great scholars in Islam. We were impressed by the multi talent possess by Imam Shafi’i which had become an inspiration towards the Muslims to achieve the excellence in this life. We had divided this assignment into several parts, starting from his historical background, his educational background and his contributions for the ummah. We also shared some of the stories behind his special features especially on his wisdom, generosity, piousity and others. Last but not least, we hope this assignment will be beneficial and inspirational to the community of Muslim nowadays in order to achieve the eternal victory in this world and in the Hereafter.

1. BACKGROUND Muhammad ibn Idris Al-Shafi’i bin Al-‘Abbas bin Uthman bin Shafi’i bin As-Saib bin ‘Ubaid bin ‘Abdu Yazid bin Hisyam bin Al-Muthallib bin ‘Abdi Manaf was born in 767 in Gaza, Palestine. He was the founder of Mazhab Shafi’i. Imam Shafi’i lineage coming from Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. Imam Shafi’i’s mother reports of an incident before the birth of Imam Shafi’i where in her dream she sighted the star emerging from her womb and embarking in the province of Egypt. She distinguished a radiant light emitting from this star illuminating the entire city. She questioned the wise men of the

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