It was also postulated that this unfortunate incident impelled him to devote the rest of his career to legal studies, never again to seek government service. What was certain was that the incident brought al-ShДЃfiвЂД« in close contact with al-ShaybДЃnД«, who would soon become his teacher. Other accounts state that the famous Hanafi jurist, MuбёҐammad ibn al-бё¤asan al-ShaybДЃnД«, was present at the court and defended al-ShДЃfiвЂД« as a well-known student of the sacred law. Whilst other conspirators were put to death, al-Shafi'i's own eloquent defence convinced the Caliph to dismiss the charge. In 803 CE, al-ShДЃfiвЂД« was accused of aiding the ' Alids in a revolt, and was thus summoned in chains with a number of 'Alids to the Caliph Harun ar-Rashid at Raqqa. He proved to be a just administrator but soon became entangled with factional jealousies. Yemeni Fitna ДЄt the age of thirty, al-ShДЃfiвЂД« was appointed as the вЂAbbasid governor in the Yemeni city of Najran. Even though he would later disagree with some of the views of Imam MДЃlik, al-ShДЃfiвЂД« accorded the deepest respect to him by always referring to him as 'the Teacher'.

By the time of Imam MДЃlik's death in 179 AH (795 CE), al-ShДЃfiвЂД« had already gained a reputation as a brilliant jurist. There, he was taught for many years by the famous Imam Malik ibn Anas, who was impressed with his memory, knowledge and intelligence. Accounts differ on the age in which he set out to Medina an account placed his age at thirteen, while another stated that he was in his twenties. Apprenticeship under Imam MДЃlik ДЄl-ShДЃfiвЂД« moved to Al- Medinah in a desire for further legal training, as was the tradition of acquiring knowledge. Al-ShДЃfiвЂД« was authorised to issue fatwas at the age of fifteen. At ten, he had committed Imam Malik's Muwatta' to heart, at which time his teacher would deputise him to teach in his absence. By the age of seven, al-ShДЃfiвЂД« had memorised the QurвЂ™an. He studied under Muslim ibn Khalid az-Zanji, the Mufti of Mecca then, who is thus considered to be the first teacher of Imam al-ShДЃfiвЂД«. An account states that his mother could not afford to buy his paper, so he would write his lessons on bones, particularly shoulder-bones. Little is known about al-ShДЃfiвЂД«'s early life in Mecca, except that he was brought up in poor circumstances and that from his youth he was devoted to learning. Furthermore, his maternal family roots were from Yemen, and there were more members of his family in Mecca, where his mother believed he would better be taken care of. Fearing the waste of his sharД«f lineage, his mother decided to move to Mecca when he was about two years old. His father died in Ash-Sham while he was still a child. He was born in Gaza by the town of Asqalan in 150 AH (767 CE). However, al-ShДЃfiвЂД« grew up in poverty, in spite of his connections in the highest social circles. This lineage may have given him prestige, arising from his belonging to the tribe of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, and his great-grandfather's kinship to him. The following is what seems to be a sensible reading, according to a modern reductionist perspective.ДЄl-ShДЃfiвЂД« belonged to the Qurayshi clan of Banu Muttalib, which was the sister clan of the Banu Hashim, to which Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and the ' Abbasid caliphs belonged. The first real biography is by Ahmad Bayhaqi (died 458 AH/1066 CE) and is filled with what a modernist eye would qualify as pious legends. Yahya al-SДЃjД« was later reproduced, but even then, a great deal of legend had already crept into the story of al-ShДЃfiвЂi's life. A biographical sketch was written by ZakarД«ya b. The oldest surviving biography goes back to Ibn Abi Hatim al-Razi (died 327 AH/939 CE) and is no more than a collection of anecdotes, some of them fantastical. Dawud al-Zahiri was said to be the first to write such a biography, but the book has been lost.

The biography of al-ShДЃfiвЂi is difficult to trace. 2.6.1 Connection with the family of Muhammad.2.5 Apprenticeship under Al-ShaybДЃnД«, and exposure to HanafД« Jurists.

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