Shafi'i · Fiqh
Al-Umm
الأم
Imam al-Shafi'i · d. 204 AH
The foundational corpus of Shafi'i jurisprudence, dictated by the Imam himself and covering worship, transactions and judicial procedure with full evidence.
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Classical works organised by school, author and topic.
Shafi'i · Usul al-Fiqh
Al-Risala
الرسالة
Imam al-Shafi'i · d. 204 AH
The first systematic treatise on legal theory, defining how the Quran, Sunnah, consensus and analogy interact.
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Minhaj al-Talibin
منهاج الطالبين
Imam al-Nawawi · d. 676 AH
The reference manual of the later Shafi'i school, prized for its precision and used as the base text for centuries of commentary.
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Al-Arba'un an-Nawawiyya (The Forty Hadith)
الأربعون النووية
Imam Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi · d. 676 AH
Forty-two narrations that Imam al-Nawawi judged to be pillars of the religion — the most widely taught free study text in the Muslim world.
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