According to Sh-fi
), the Muslims inherit it on the grounds of their being members of the same group (alta s-b); Ab? Han-fa agrees, on the basis of one of the two traditions reported by him (which includes Sh-fi's opinion), although the other tradition grounds it on friendship (muw-l-t), not membership (Abdulhussein Sachedina, 1998, p. 261)."
That al-Shafi'i's legal interpretation - call it Hadith or biography - has withstood the test of time to continue to direct and impact the lives of Muslims, regardless of whether or not the body of legalese was promulgated by Shafi'i or those contemporaries dedicated to his expressions of Hadith, suggests that al-Shafi'i is indeed the most influential jurist in Islamic law since the Prophet Muhammad.
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Finally some sects command their followers to perform ziyara, or what they consider to be minor pilgrimages, to the tombs of Imams in addition to the pilgramage to Mecca ("Shiism," 2005). While recognizing the two Islamic holidays Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha, Shi'ites incorporated additional festivals into their system, some of which will be described here. The first major festival is the Festival of Muharram and Ashura, in which Shi'ites observe the
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