SHAFII
SHAFI`I
Founder of one of the four main Sunni schools of jurisprudence.
- teachings on,
- apostasy,
"If someone becomes a Muslim then apostatizes, he would be asked to repent; if he does not repent, he should be killed." (al-Shafi`i, "The Ordinances of the Qur'an", part 1, p. 289)
- apostasy,