Imam Shafi's Kitab al-Umm — alom06

Imam Shafi’i was born in Gaza in the year 150. Two years later, his mother, Fatimah, moved to Makkah so that his maternal family could help raise him. Imam Shafi’i memorized the Qur’an at a young age, and Imam Malik’s Muwatta’, which he borrowed from a friend, in seven nights. In Makkah, he studied with Muslim b. Khalid, Sufyan b. ‘Uyaynah, and others.He departed Makkah to take knowledge from the Imam of Ahl al-Hadith, Imam Malik b. Anas. Imam Shafi’i stayed with Imam Malik until his teacher’s passing in the year 179.Thereafter, Imam Shafi’i relocated to Yemen to take the position of judge. He was in Yemen until taken prisoner and extradited to Baghdad in 184. In Baghdad, Imam Shafi’i would take the opportunity to study and review the books transmitted by Imam Abu Hanifah’s students like Muhammad b. Hasan al-Shaybani. During his first stay in Baghdad, he reviewed the books related by Ima

উৎস: Internet Archive — https://archive.org/details/KitabalUmm