![]() ![]() 's brother Afdal built a for him in 1211 after the defeat of the. Structures built a and a shrine on the site of his tomb. In the Islamic sciences, Burton credits him with 'the imposition of a formal theoretical distinction' between `the Sunnah of the Prophet` and the Quran, 'especially where the two fundamental sources appeared to clash'. While earlier, sunnah had been used to refer to tribal manners and customs, (and while Al-Shāfi‘ī distinguished between the non-authoritative 'sunnah of the Muslims' that was followed in practice, and the 'sunnah of the Prophet' that Muslims should follow), sunnah came to mean the Sunnah of Muhammad. Al-Shāfi‘ī influence was such that he changed the use of the term Sunnah, 'until it invariably meant only the Sunnah of the Prophet' (according to John Burton this was his 'principle achievement'). The focus by the Muslim community on ahadith of Muhammad and disinterest in ahadith of Muhammad's companions (whose ahadith were commonly used before Al-Shāfi‘ī since most of whom survived him and spread his teachings after his death) is thought (by scholar Joseph Schacht) to reflect the success of Al-Shāfi‘ī's doctrine. ![]()
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