What is Shafi`i?
{{nosources|date=February 2019}} [[File:Madhhab Map3.png|thumb|Islamic currents. Syafi'i in dark blue]] [[File:Shafi'i praying Namaz.tif|thumb|Syafi'i praying Namaz]] The '''Syafi'i''' ([[Arabic language|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 [[Turke]]y, large parts of [[Hadramawt]], and [[Levant]]. Africa: [[Ethiopia]], [[Eritrea]], [[Kenya]], [[Tanzania]] and [[Mozambique]]. {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Sunni Islam]]