Abu Zakariya Yahya ibn Sharaf ibn Murri ibn Hasan ibn Husayn ibn Muhammad Jum’ah ibn Hizam al-Hizami al-Nawawi al-Shafi’i (631 AH-1233 AD / 676 AH-1277 AD), better known as “al-Nawawi,” was a Muslim hadith scholar, jurist, and linguist, and one of the most prominent Shafi’i jurists. He is best known for his numerous books and compilations on jurisprudence, hadith, language, and biographies, such as Riyad as-Salihin, Al-Arba’in an-Nawawi, Minhaaj at-Talibin, and Ar-Rawdah. He is described as the editor, refiner, corrector, and arranger of the Shafi’i school of thought, as the practice among Shafi’i jurists was based on what al-Nawawi favored. Al-Nawawi is called the Sheikh of the Shafi’is, and when the term “the two Sheikhs” is used among the Shafi’is, it refers to al-Nawawi and Abu al-Qasim al-Rafi’i al-Qazwini.