📜Biographies of Scholars

Shafi'i classes

طبقات الشافعيين

Author: أبو الفداء إسماعيل بن عمر بن كثير القرشي البصري ثم الدمشقي (المتوفى: 774هـ) (d. 774)

About this work

كتاب طبقات الشافعيين للشيخ ابن كثير من نوع التراجم والطبقات يختص بسيرة الإمام الشافعي، فمقدمةً تتناول مولده، رحلته العلمية، مشايخه، فضائله، وأقواله في أصول العقائد، إضافةً إلى سيرته في مصر ووفاته. ويضم فصولاً تفصيلية عن أحكام العبادات والمعاملات من الطهارة إلى الجهاد، ويذكر أسماء أصحاب الطبقة الأولى من نقله. يهدف إلى توثيق حياة الشافعي وأتباعه وفق منهج الطبقات.

Translation

The book, Classes of the Shafi’is, by Sheikh Ibn Katheer, is a type of biographies and classes that specializes in the biography of Imam Al-Shafi’i. An introduction deals with his birth, his scientific journey, his sheikhs, his virtues, and his sayings about the foundations of beliefs, in addition to his biography in Egypt and his death. It includes detailed chapters on the provisions of worship and transactions, from purity to jihad, and mentions the names of the people of the first class of its transmission. It aims to document the lives of Al-Shafi’i and his followers according to the class approach.

Topics covered

introduction
Translated by Al-Shafi’i, may God have mercy on him
A chapter mentioning his birth, his origin, and his ultimate goal during his childhood and youth.
A chapter on his journey, his pursuit of knowledge, his mandate in the land of Najran, and his position as ruler
A chapter mentioning his sheikhs in reading, hadith, and jurisprudence
A chapter mentioning his virtues and the imams’ praise of him, may God have mercy on them all
His words on the foundations of beliefs
A chapter mentioning his beautiful characteristics, his virtues, and his virtuous morals
season
From the book of purity to prayer
From the book of prayer to zakat
From the book of zakat
From the book of fasting
From the book of Hajj
And from the sacrifices
From hunting, sacrifices, foods, and vows
From the book of sales to leasing
From the book of leasing to marriage
From the book of marriage to crimes
From felonies to borders
It includes jihad, tribute, and truce
Book of limits, jurisdictions, certificates and declaration
Owners of the first class of transfer
Ibn Haram Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Haram
Al-Balkhi Hamid bin Yahya bin Hani Al-Balkhi Abu Abdullah

طبقات الشعراء