Amir al-Sha'bi

Abū ʿAmr ʿĀmir ibn Sharāḥīl ibn ʿAbd al-Kūfī al-Shaʿbī (أبو عمرو عامر بن شراحيل بن عبد الكوفي الشعبي), 641–723, commonly known as Imam al-Sha'bi or al-Sha'bi, was an Arab historian and jurist, as well as an appreciated Tabi'un, born during the rule of Umar ibn al-Khattab.

Despite being his own Islamic opposition to the use of Tawil(religious speculation), his views have been widely accepted. al-Sha’bi has been appointed among the first ju rists of leading Islamic law, including ʽAbd al-Razzaq al-Sanʽani and Ibn Abi Shaybah.

Biography
Al-Sha'bi was of the leading Muslim chronicler who focused on narratives on the Islamic history discipline of Maghazi (expeditions and conquests). His narrations are scattered in many books. His narration style were greatly religious driven.

Al-Sha'bi gained huge reputation that caliph ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwan entrusted him with the education of his children.

Al-Sha'bi was described as physically skinny.

Works
Al-Shabi based his opinion on Abdullah ibn Abbas regarding the Fiqh ruling of Hermaphrodite people or Khunta Al-Mushkal gets half of the inheritance from their parents a combined shares (both as male and female), hence making it as equal of normal people. Hanbali and Shafii schools also taking al-Sha'bi approach if a gender of a person cannot be described.