Shaykhayn

Shaykhayn (Arabic: شیخین) means two Shaykhs or two great personalities, referring to different people in different fields:

• In Shi'a fiqh, it refers to al-Shaykh al-Mufid and al-Shaykh al-Tusi.

• In common culture, especially in historical sources, it refers to Abu Bakr and 'Umar, the two first caliphs of the three caliphs after the Prophet (s). This is the most common usage of this term.

• In Sunni theology, it refers to Abu Hashim ('Abd al-Salam b. Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Basri) and Abu Ali al-Jubba'i.

• Some Sunni scholars of fiqh use this term to refer to al-Rafi'i (Abu l-Qasim al-Rafi'i al-Qazwini) and al-Nawawi.

• In the books of Hanafids, it refers to Abu Hanifa and Abu Yusuf al-Qadi.

References

• The material for this article is mainly taken from شیخین in Farsi WikiShia.