Tag: fiqh history
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Imam al-Bayhaqi’s Defense of the Shafi’i Madhhab, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Imam al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) is widely regarded by scholars not merely as a high level scholar in his own right and a follower of the Shafi’i school, but as one of the madhhab’s most important architects and defenders. His contribution was so profound that the great Shafi’i jurist Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni famously stated: “There…
Imam Luqman Ahmad Mosque Without Borders 