"Shafiite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Shafiites [plural]
Etymology: Shafi'i + -ite, from the founder's name. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ite}} + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} Shafiite (plural Shafiites)
  1. A member of the Shafi'i (Arabic: شافعي Šāfiʿī), one of the schools of fiqh, or religious law, within the Sunni branch of Islam, recognising four sources of jurisprudence. Categories (topical): Islam Translations (Translations): شَافِعِيّ (šāfiʕiyy) (Arabic), শাফেয়ী (śafeẏī) (Bengali), शाफ़ी (śāfī) (Hindi)

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