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Shafiite|ˈʃæfɪaɪt| Also Shafeite, Shafæite. [f. Arab. shāfiﻋī + -ite1.] A member of one of the four sects or schools of the Sunnites or orthodox Muslims, named from the cognomen (ash-Shāfiﻋī) of their founder, Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Idris, 767–819. Also attrib. or adj.
[1704J. Pitts Acct. Mahometans vii. 93 The Malachees and Shaffees lift up their Hands in a sort of careless manner, and then let them fall down and hang by their sides.] 1838G. C. Renouard in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXIV. 440/2 The Sect of the Sháfi'ís or Shafeïtes, is named from Mohammed ibn Idrís Al Sháfi'í. 1886Shafeite [see Hanbalite]. 1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 661/1 The Hanafite praxis is the least rigorous, then the Sháfi῾ite. Ibid., In Egypt and North Africa Sháfi῾ites are more numerous than Málikites, while the opposite is the case in Arabia. |