Namanya adalah Muhammad bin Idris bin Abbas bin Utsman bin Syafi'i bin Sa'ib bin Abdul Yazid bin Hasyim bin Mutholib bin Abdul Manaf. Ayahnya berasal dari keturunan Quraosy yaitu Bani Mutholib. Buku ini menceritakan kisah hidup Imam Syafi'i: suka, duka, pahit, dan manis perjuangannya dalam menegakkan kebenaran.
Lords of Poverty is a case study in betrayals of a public trust. The shortcomings of aid are numerous, and serious enough to raise questions about the viability of the practice at its most fundamental levels. Hancocks report is thorough, deeply shocking, and certain to cause critical reevaluation of the governments motives in giving foreign aid, and of the true needs of our intended beneficiaries.