Al-Risale and the hadith consepts used in al-Risale

In this research, al-İmam al-Şafii?s book, er-Risâle, and hadith concepts that he used in that book were analysed.This study consist of an introduction and two chapters.İn the introduction, some information was given about subject, boundaries, purpose and method of research.First chapter has the life of al-İmam al-Şafii, the general characteristics of his period and the form and content of er-Risâle.The second and third chapter has hadith concepts of al-İmam al-Şafii that he used in er-Risâle. The hadith concepts of al-İmam al-Şafii that he used in er-Risâle are analysed by comparing the hadith concepts of his successor hadith scholars used. We have especially tried to introduce how al-İmam al-Şafii used these concepts, in which ways these concepts are similar and in which ways they are different from the concepts of his successor scholars used.