Shafi`i
school of Islamic jurisprudence
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The Syafi'i (Arabic: الشَّافِعِيُّ) or Shafi'i is one of the four schools of jurisprudence within Sunni Islam, third largest by population, and it was founded by Imam Syafi'i.
It is practiced in this Asian and African parts:
South Asia: Maldives, Sri Lanka and most of South Indian states including Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh comes with Maharashtra, along with the largest city Mumbai.
Southeast Asia: Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, southern Philippines and Thailand.
Western Asia: Eastern part of Turkey, large parts of Hadramawt, and Levant.
Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique.
