The school of Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d. 820 CE), founder of systematic usul al-fiqh.
In Islamic law
Predominant in East Africa, southern Arabia and much of Southeast Asia. On inheritance it broadly parallels the Maliki position regarding radd and distant kin, and it is one of the two schools that admit the Mushtaraka sharing.
In Canadian law
Canadian Muslims of Somali, Egyptian-coastal, Indonesian and Malaysian background commonly follow this school.
We have not yet researched whether the four Sunni schools differ on this term, so we are not going to tell you either way. Where a specific case turns on it, ask a qualified scholar rather than relying on a general summary.
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Citations & sources
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- Encyclopaedia of Islam — Brill
- Oxford Islamic Studies / Oxford Reference — Oxford University Press