الخلاصة:
Abstract: Imam Shafi’ci outlined his earlier jurisprudence Trend in
his Book "al-Huja," written in Baghdad. Following his departure to
Egypt, and before his death, he established his final thought on
jurisprudence issues in his Book entitled "al-Umm", to be known later
as the New Trend. The disciples of each Trend published the
Jurisprudence of the Imam. A prominent narrator of the New Trend,
Imam Muzani compiled a summary of the earlier tradition of the Imam
entitled “Mukhtasar al-Muzani”. The Schools of Shafi'ci Trend
afterwards were established and distinguished from each other in their
presentation of the Trend, namely the School of Iraqis, and School of Khorasanis, to integrate later in the Jamica School. Among the
prominent pioneers of the Jamica School was Imam Jouini, who
compiled "Nehayet al-Matlab,” and his Disciple Imam Ghazali, who
compiled "al-Bassī", "al-Wassī", and "al-Wajīz", based on the Book of
his Mentor Imam Jouini. This era was followed by a time of verifying
and editing the Shafi’ci Trend in the Works of Imam al-Rafici, and
Imam al-Nawawi. As for Rafici, he complied, "Fateh al-Aziz"
expounding al-Wajīz of Ghazali, and "al-Muharar, drawing on al-
Wajīz as well. As for al-Nawawi, he compiled "al-Rawdah fil Foruc,"
an abridgement of Fateh al-Aziz, and "Minhaj al-Talebīn," an
abridgement of Rafici Muharar. Finally, the later generations of Shafi’ci
Scholl undertook the task of establishing the Trend. Most notably
among them was Imam Ramli, who compiled “Nehayet al-Muhtaj,”
and Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, who compiled "Tuhfet al-Muhtaj," both of
which were an explanation of Nawawi’s Minhaj.
