Imam Shafi’i’s Poetry – A Poetic Translation Reviver of the 2nd Hijri century, Imam Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafii is the titular founder of one of the schools of Sunni jurisprudence. But even before he was a scholar of Islam, Imam ash-Shafii was a noble of Quraysh & a quotable authority (hujjah) on the Arabic language. For lovers of poetry, we have arranged a collection of the Imam’s verses, with side-by-side English, as an introduction to the Imam in his role as poet & Arab noble.
