شَافِعِيّal‑Shāfiʿī

Example sentences

• وقال الشافعي رضي الله تعالى عنه عليك بالزهد فالزهد على الزاهد أحسن من الحلى على الناهد

  Al‑Shāfiʿī, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "Hold to asceticism, for asceticism upon the ascetic is more beautiful than jewelry upon a young woman."

  الشَّافِعِيُّ — al‑Shāfiʿī. A proper name, al-Shafi'i, the subject of 'said'. It is a relational name (a nisba); its leading 'the' has merged into the following sound, and it stands in the subject form as the one speaking.

  From: The Pilgrim's Conduct →

• وقال المزني سمعت الشافعي رضي الله تعالى عنه يقول

  And al‑Muzannī said, 'I heard al‑Shāfiʿī, may Allah be pleased with him, say:'

  الشَّافِعِيَّ — al‑Shāfiʿī (proper name). A proper name, al-Shafi'i, the object of 'I heard', so it sits in the object form. It names the person whose speech was heard.

  From: The Pilgrim's Conduct →