Al-Umm

الأم

The foundational text of the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence, compiled from Imam ash-Shafi'i's dictations in Egypt during his final years. It represents his mature legal methodology (the 'new' school), covering virtually every area of fiqh with evidence from Quran, Sunnah, ijma, and qiyas. The work also contains ash-Shafi'i's debates with scholars of other schools, making it a valuable source for comparative fiqh.