# What do you think of Imam al-Shatibi? *Imam al-Shatibi, the Maliki father of maqasid* - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/13/ - Date: 2021-02-02 Β· Kind: question Β· Transcript tier: machine Β· Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! πŸ˜‰ | Mufti Abu Layth (1:17:17–1:20:04) - Status: general teaching - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=4637s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/ **Topics:** Scholars and imams of the past; The Maliki school; Al-Andalus and the Maghrib **Question as asked:** What's your opinion on Imam al-Shatibi? **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth calls Imam al-Shatibi an absolute legend and the real founding father of maqasid, the objectives of the Sharia. **Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says al-Shatibi really brought the objectives of the Sharia to life, so that everybody after him is indebted to him, and that he absolutely loves him for that. **Evidence, his words at 1:19:37:** β€œit may have existed, but he really brings it to life and everybody after him is just indebted to him. So, yeah, I absolutely love him for that aspect.” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=4777s) ## Longer summary Asked whether he has heard of a named person, Mufti Abu Layth says the name sounds familiar but he may be mixing him up. Asked for his opinion of Imam al-Shatibi, Mufti calls him an absolute legend of the Islamic heritage and distinguishes the two famous Shatibis of Muslim Spain: Abu al-Qasim [?], author of the famous poem quoted in discussions of the Quranic variant readings, and Abu Ishaq, the Maliki scholar. Mufti says Abu Ishaq is the real founding father of the objectives of the Sharia, which existed within the Maliki school before him but which his book brought to life, and that he loves him for that and for the Maliki bond. He also points viewers to his twelve-part audio series on the history of al-Andalus. ## Sources and names cited - al-Shatibi - al-Shatibi (author of the Shatibiyya) [?] - maqasid al-shariah (objectives of the Sharia) ## Transcript (machine tier, 1:17:17–1:20:04) [1:17:16] Right. So, have you heard of Paul Williams? Who's Paul Williams? Paul Williams sounds a bit familiar. What's is that? Uh, [gasps and snorts] is that a mus? Right. I'm probably mixing him up. What's your opinion on Imm Shibi? [1:17:48] Uh, I imam Shabbi is a legend. Absolute legend of uh the Islamic heritage. There's two Shhatabi. I mean there's two popular shabbis by the way. There's Abasim Ahatib and there's Abu Isak ai. Both are from which is in Muslim Spain. I do have it's quite a few years old but it's still you know if you're into history I have an an audio series of Andalus the history of Landelus on YouTube. [1:18:20] It is an audio. I may redo it at some point but so it is a bit old. um the equipment I suppose record actually you know it's it's definitely audible and and everything but obviously back then I think I must have done it in 2013 or something so but it's still if you're into it you can check it out it's 12 different lectures on the history and the rise of and fall of Muslim Spain now I imi so Abdul Kasim is the one who has the you know the kat book so whenever you're hearing ing about these uh Quran discussions the varants and so on they [1:18:59] quote shibi that or the his famous poem that's a different person this guy is is different his name is Abu is and he's the famous Maliki scholar and he's the kind of real founding father of massid today you know this whole objectives of the it was always within the maliki mab Anyway, the objectives of the Sharia, but he kind of he writes his book and makes it it becomes a thing, [laughter] you know, before, [1:19:37] you know, it it may have existed, but he really brings it to life and everybody after him is just indebted to him. So, yeah, I absolutely love him for that aspect. Obviously, he's Maliki, so there's that, you know, there's that bond as well, right? So, look at this. [1:20:03] What is Hey, my patriarch is in Damascus. Who's your patriarch? [laughter] All right. So, Lebanon is beautiful. Lebanon is beautiful. I Yeah, I I mean I was in Damascus. Somebody said Mia Khalifa is from Lebanon. ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment ijwBevcC6o8/s/13. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/13/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.