Books by Muhammad Ibn Idris al-Shafi'i

Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d. 204H/820AD) was the eponym of the Shafi'i school of legal thought, one of the four rites in Sunni Islam. Joseph E. Lowry is Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His books include Early Islamic Legal Theory: The Risala of Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i. His research and publications focus on the Qur'an, Islamic law, and Arabic literature. Before becoming an academic he was an attorney in private practice in Washington, D.C.