394 results for “mal”
39 hadith in this book.
60 hadith in this book.
By Imam Malik ibn Anas. 1,858 hadith.
13 hadith in this book.
10 hadith in this book.
...tween the idols Isaf and Nailah, near the stone on which animals were slaughtered. He began excavating alone — having only ...
...her first and only child. She was left with five camels, a small flock of sheep, and the Abyssinian servant Barakah (Umm Ay...
...hants, with the great elephant Mahmud at their head — an animal capable of breaking any conventional Arab force. As the ar...
...orn child, and meager material inheritance: five camels, a small flock of sheep, and the Abyssinian servant Barakah (Umm Ay...
...father dead, his mother a widow, the household's wealth minimal. Yet from this beginning of apparent disadvantage emerged t...
... women of the Banu Sa'd tribe arrived in Mecca with thin animals and little milk. Among them was Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb al...
...med and described what had occurred. The companion Anas ibn Malik — who served the Prophet ﷺ for years with unrestricted ac...
...ed a practice of annual spiritual retreat (tahannuth) in a small cave — Ghar Hira — on Jabal al-Nur (the Mountain of Light)...
...ry throughout his life — sending portions of slaughtered animals to her old friends, standing to receive women who had know...
...did not authorize armed resistance — the community was too small and too vulnerable, and the divine strategy for this phase...
...d resolved into conviction. He went to the Prophet ﷺ and formally declared his Islam — not the heat-of-the-moment declarati...
...year of prophethood (617 CE), the leading Qurayshi clans formalized a comprehensive boycott against Banu Hashim and Banu Mu...
...ped end the boycott of Banu Hashim, agreed to extend his formal protection. The Prophet ﷺ also made the journey to Taif, se...
... ﷺ sent Musab ibn Umayr with the delegation as the first formally appointed teacher of Islam in Yathrib. Musab lived in the...
...t this delegation for the Second Pledge of Aqabah, which formalized full political protection for the Prophet ﷺ and made th...
...the following weeks, Muslims began migrating to Yathrib in small groups. The Prophet's ﷺ own Hijra came months later, after...
...s. The most recorded encounter on route was with Suraqa ibn Malik, a skilled tracker who pursued them and whose horse fell ...
...and on this site Masjid al-Nabawi would be built. Anas ibn Malik, who was approximately ten years old that day, preserved ...
...mosque the Prophet ﷺ oversaw construction of the hujurat — small rooms for his wives, of the same simple materials. Aishah ...
...sque and before the Constitution — was the mu'akhat: the formal brotherhood pairing each Muhajir (migrant from Mecca) with ...
...communities on explicit, written terms rather than the informal and volatile arrangements of tribal customary law. The fram...
... As signatories to the Constitution of Medina, they were formally allied with the Muslim community under a covenant that ob...
...e iqamah in his left, and performed the tahnik — chewing a small piece of date and rubbing it on the palate of the newborn....
...nd He is the best Disposer of affairs' (hasbuna Allah wa ni'mal wakil) — the expression the companions made when told the e...
...— who then failed to support him — and was killed with his small party at the plain of Karbala on the tenth of Muharram. Hi...
...e broken, cups emptied, stored supplies destroyed. Anas ibn Malik narrated that he broke the jar he was serving from the mo...
...n the seerah, and established the qunut al-nazila as the formal Islamic response to collective calamity, practiced in mosqu...
...loss of life the Muslim community sustained outside of a formal battle. Abu Bara' Amir ibn Malik, a prominent chief of the ...
...m in the context of dress. The four major madhabs (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali) agree on the obligation of covering t...
... the trench siege and was dying — pronounced that the adult male fighters of Banu Qurayza were to be executed, the women an...
...Banu Qurayza after their surrender. He ruled that the adult male fighters be executed, the women and children taken captive...
...lgrimage) — in pilgrimage garments, bringing sacrificial animals, their intention clearly peaceful. The Quraysh blocked the...
...olitical ceasefire with Mecca — the Prophet ﷺ dispatched formal letters to the major rulers of the known world, inviting th...
...on against a vastly superior Byzantine force. The army informally gave the standard to Khalid. He reorganized the broken li...
...lah ibn Rawaha was killed in turn. The standard passed informally to Khalid ibn al-Walid, who had been in Islam for perhaps...
... Thaqif tribes gathered approximately 20,000 fighters under Malik ibn Awf al-Nasri, who controversially brought women, chil...
...ning of Tabuk came with three sincere companions — Ka'b ibn Malik, Murarah ibn al-Rabi, and Hilal ibn Umayyah — who had sta...
...e extraordinary case of three sincere companions — Ka'b ibn Malik, Murarah ibn al-Rabi, and Hilal ibn Umayyah — who stayed ...
...ian frontier, and every region of Arabia. Some came as a formality to confirm alignments; others came with genuine question...
...e Banu Hashim was the appropriate representative for the formal dissolution. Abu Bakr's leadership of the Hajj rites was no...
... court and recited Surah Maryam, the Negus wept and drew a small line on the ground: 'The difference between what you have ...
... 'O Allah, be witness' three times, is the seerah's most formal act of transmission: the Prophet ﷺ making the community's o...
...nd have approved for you Islam as religion.' Known as the Ikmal verse — from ikmal (completion, perfection) — it was reveal...
...ent. The most widely cited are Surah al-Ma'idah 5:3 — the Ikmal verse, revealed at Arafat during the Farewell Pilgrimage; S...
...eturned to the pulpit. He died four days later. The last formal address from the pulpit of the Prophet ﷺ was a declaration ...
...ng in public and in private, openly and in secret — only a small number believed. The vast majority mocked and rejected him...
... 'Ad was utterly destroyed, reduced to ruins. Hud and the small group of believers were saved by Allah. An entire surah (S...
...nd Fir'awn had decreed the killing of all newborn Israelite males. Allah inspired Musa's mother to place him in a basket on...
...markable ability to understand and speak the language of animals and birds. The Quran records him hearing an ant warn its c...
...try. The Quran mentions that his people denied him while a small group of believers accepted his message. Allah praises Il...
... buried the essence of monotheism under layers of ritual formalism, nationalist exclusivity, and love of worldly status. Is...
...sa AS continued to exist for generations — individuals and small communities who held to tawhid and practiced a form of rel...
...en say 'This is from Allah,' in order to exchange it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written and w...
...tinople (381 CE) extended this logic to the Holy Spirit, formally completing the Trinity doctrine as three co-equal, co-ete...
...ophethood and affirmation of its truth — even before the formal invitation to full submission — was accepted by Allah for t...
...nuine faith and sincere service. These scholars were not formally Muslims — they did not know the Quran or the Prophet Muha...
The Battle of the Camel was the first armed conflict between Muslim factions, fought near Basra. Aisha (the mother of the believers), Talha ibn Ubaydullah, and
...ronted them, offering them return to the community; only a small number accepted. In the subsequent battle, the Khawarij we...
...nor of Kufa, who then locked down the city. Husayn, with a small party of family and supporters, was intercepted at Karbala...
...ce to Yazid I and journeyed from Medina toward Kufa with a small group of family members and companions. His emissary Musli...
... himself died within a year, passing rule to his son Abd al-Malik, who would spend years suppressing the Zubayrid oppositio...
...was completed in 72 AH under the patronage of Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, making it one of the oldest extant Islamic mo...
Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (r. 65–86 AH) undertook a sweeping transformat...
...s appointment as governor of Iraq in 75 AH by Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan came at a critical juncture: Iraq was the cent...
...e Byzantine capital, launched by Caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik and commanded by his brother Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik. It...
...ntrol, with only the Cantabrian mountains in the north and small pockets of the northwest remaining unconquered. The factor...
...s later recalled and executed by Caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik as part of a purge of al-Hajjaj's associates following th...
... He was selected as caliph by the dying Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik through a will that bypassed the usual Umayyad succession...
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik's twenty-year reign (105–125 AH) was the longest of any U...
...aordinary brutality, hunted down and killed virtually every male member of the Umayyad family they could locate. The tombs ...
...scholars, musicians, and jurists — including the great Imam Malik, with whom he corresponded. His era is romanticized in th...
...d spread across the Islamic world. The Nizamiyyah system formally organized curricula around fiqh (primarily Shafi'i), hadi...
...ensive guide to living Islam. It addressed the crisis of formalism in religious scholarship and called scholars back to sin...
...key works on Hindu-Arabic numerals that transmitted the decimal positional number system to Europe. His contributions exemp...
...and some veterans fled in panic. Only the Prophet ﷺ with a small core of steadfast companions stood firm. His composure and...
...ardship. The famous 'three who were left behind' — Ka'b ibn Malik, Murarah ibn Rabi'ah, and Hilal ibn Umayyah — who stayed ...
...mr ibn al-As had entered Egypt in 639 CE with a relatively small force, winning a series of engagements culminating in the ...
The Battle of the Camel was the first major armed conflict between Muslims, occurring during the First Fitna (civil strife) following the assassination of Uthma
...om the people of Kufa, Husayn travelled toward Iraq with a small group of family and companions, around 72 fighters. The Ku...
...ding the loss of Hungary. The Treaty of Karlowitz (1699) formalised Ottoman territorial losses and established the preceden...
...es, and sacred objects. The knights relocated eventually to Malta, from where they continued their activities. The fall of ...
Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan completed the Dome of the Rock on the Temple M...
Caliph al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik completed the Great Mosque of Damascus, one of the larges...
Imam Malik ibn Anas, the scholar of Medina and founder of the Maliki...
...hool in Sunni Islam, adopted by the majority of Shafi'i and Maliki scholars.
...w light travels in straight lines and forms images through small apertures. This understanding laid the foundation for mode...
... trade routes and scholarly networks. The empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai embraced Islam, with Mansa Musa of Mali becom...
...xperimental surgery and recommended testing medicines on animals first.
... and allowed Christians to leave peacefully after paying a small ransom. Many who could not pay were freed.
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Qurtubi, the Maliki jurist and Quran commentator, died in Upper Egypt. His T...
Muslim traders and scholars gradually brought Islam to the Malay Archipelago, establishing the Sultanate of Pasai in Sumat...
The Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali, the largest mud-brick building in the world, represents t...
The Mali Empire under Mansa Musa and successors was a major center ...
Taqi al-Din ibn Daqiq al-Id, the great Shafi'i-Maliki jurist, hadith scholar, and Chief Judge of Egypt, died i...
Mansa Musa, the Muslim emperor of the Mali Empire, undertook his famous pilgrimage to Mecca with a ca...
Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi, the great Maliki jurist of Granada, died. His al-Muwafaqat is the most im...
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, the influential Islamic reformer and pol...
...eer of Islamic modernism, died in Cairo. With his teacher Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani and his student Rashid Rida, Abduh sought...
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk abolished the Ottoman Caliphate, sending the last c...
Malaya gained independence from Britain. Malaysia later develop...
The Abraham Accords normalized relations between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, a...
Under the Mali and Songhai Empires, Timbuktu became one of the greatest c...
Son of Dawud, prophet and king given dominion over jinn, animals, and the wind.
The first adult male to accept Islam and the first Rightly-Guided Caliph.
Servant of the Prophet for ten years and one of the last Companions to die, narrating over 2,200 hadith.
A female companion who had memorized the Quran and was permitted by...
A female companion who fought to protect the Prophet at the Battle ...
...cording and one of the most important narrators, teacher of Malik and others.
...merable chains of narration and a principal teacher of both Malik and al-Awza'i.
...t of Ibn Umar, a key link in the golden chain of narration (Malik from Nafi from Ibn Umar).
Founder of the Maliki school and author of al-Muwatta, the Imam of Dar al-Hijr...
Founder of the Maliki school of jurisprudence and author of al-Muwatta, one of...
...ypt in his time, said by some to be more knowledgeable than Malik.
...is era, whom ash-Shafi'i considered more knowledgeable than Malik in fiqh. Al-Layth was enormously wealthy and legendarily ...
...al texts known as Zahir ar-Riwayah. Also studied under Imam Malik in Medina.
The foremost systematizer of Ash'ari theology and author of Tamhid al-Awa'il. Served as a diplomat and debater, and his work on the inimitability of the Quran (
A leading Maliki scholar of al-Andalus, author of at-Tamhid and al-Istiab...
Maliki judge and scholar of Seville, author of Ahkam al-Quran o...
Andalusian Maliki jurist and philosopher, author of Bidayat al-Mujtahid on...
Author of al-Jami li-Ahkam al-Quran, a major tafsir focused on legal rulings derived from the Quran.
Moroccan scholar and founder of the Shadhili Sufi order, one of the most widespread Sufi brotherhoods in the Muslim world. Known for emphasizing inward spiritua
Andalusian grammarian and author of al-Alfiyyah (the Thousand-Line Poem), the most famous didactic poem on Arabic grammar. It has been memorized, studied, and c
...Ahkam, a commentary on Umdat al-Ahkam, combining Shafii and Maliki perspectives.
Author of Tahdhib al-Kamal, the most comprehensive biographical dictionary of hadith n...
Egyptian Maliki scholar and the third master of the Shadhili Sufi order....
Andalusian Maliki jurist and mufassir who authored at-Tashil li Ulum at-Ta...
The greatest traveler of the pre-modern world, covering approximately 120,000 km across the Muslim world and beyond.
Pioneer of historiography and sociology, author of the Muqaddimah on philosophy of history.
Egyptian Maliki jurist and author of al-Mukhtasar (Mukhtasar Khalil), th...
Maliki scholar who pioneered the study of Maqasid ash-Shariah (...
Egyptian Maliki jurist and author of ash-Sharh al-Kabir, a major comment...
Egyptian Maliki jurist and author of the Hashiyat ad-Dusuqi, a supercomm...
Pan-Islamic political activist and Islamic modernist who traveled across the Muslim world calling for Muslim unity against European colonialism. Teacher of Muha
Author of Adwa al-Bayan, a tafsir that explains the Quran by the Quran, a Mauritanian polymath.
Mauritanian scholar and author of Adwa' al-Bayan, a tafsir that explains the Quran through the Quran itself. A master of multiple Islamic sciences who taught at
Mauritanian polymath scholar known for his encyclopedic knowledge across all Islamic sciences.
One of the most prominent female hadith scholars of the 8th-9th century AH, who held ijazah...
A distinguished female hadith scholar from the Hanbali tradition who narrated fro...
Leading authority on Quranic recitations (qira'at) and author of 'at-Taysir,' a foundational text in the science of Quranic readings.
...ntaries on classical texts are still widely used across the Malay world.
Senegalese Sufi scholar and founder of the Muridiyyah order, known for his pacifist resistance to French colonialism.
Fulani scholar, reformer, and founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, one of the largest states in 19th-century Africa.
Brother of Uthman dan Fodio, a major West African scholar, poet, and military commander of the Sokoto Caliphate.
Daughter of Uthman dan Fodio and a celebrated female scholar, poet, and educator who established women's educat...
Moroccan hadith master and prolific author known for his independent scholarly methodology and expertise in hadith criticism.
Moroccan hadith master and elder brother of Abdullah al-Ghumari, known for his prodigious memory and vast hadith knowledge.
Shadhili Sufi master and author of 'al-Hikam' (Aphorisms), one of the most celebrated texts of Islamic spirituality.
Pioneering female Sufi saint of Basra, celebrated for her doctrine of pure, ...
Andalusian Maliki jurist and hadith master, author of 'at-Tamhid' and 'al-...
Moroccan Maliki jurist and Sufi reformer, author of 'Qawa'id at-Tasawwuf...
Moroccan Maliki scholar, author of 'al-Murshid al-Mu'in,' a widely memor...
Algerian Maliki scholar, author of 'al-Sullam al-Munawraq' on logic and ...
Algerian Ash'ari theologian, author of 'Umm al-Barahin,' the most widely studied creed text in North and West Africa.
Egyptian Maliki jurist, author of the 'Mukhtasar,' the most authoritativ...
Andalusian Maliki scholar and author of 'at-Tashil li Ulum at-Tanzil,' a p...
American Muslim scholar, co-founder of Zaytuna College, widely regarded as one of the most influential Muslims in the Western world.
Egyptian Islamic activist and author, founder of the Muslim Women's Association and author of 'Return of the Pharaoh' about her imprisonment.
Berber religious reformer and founder of the Almohad movement in the Maghreb, known for his emphasis on divine unity (tawhid).
...c authority in Southeast Asia, producing the first complete Malay Quran commentary.
Maliki jurist and author of 'al-Madkhal,' a detailed work on Is...
Egyptian Maliki scholar and author of 'Jawharat at-Tawhid,' a famous cre...
Moroccan Maliki scholar of Fez and author of a commentary on the Mukhtas...
First Maliki Grand Imam of al-Azhar, author of the most widely studie...
Moroccan Maliki mufti and author of 'al-Mi'yar al-Jadid,' a massive coll...
Maliki judge of Ceuta and author of 'ash-Shifa bi Ta'rif Huquq ...
Tunisian Maliki scholar and Grand Mufti, author of 'at-Tahrir wat-Tanwir...
...hi persecutor who placed the intestines of a slaughtered animal on the Prophet ﷺ during prayer, and was executed after the ...
American Muslim scholar and co-founder of Zaytuna College, the first accredited Muslim liberal arts college in the United States.
American Islamic studies scholar at the University of Southern California, a leading academic voice on Islamic jurisprudence, Islamic law in the West, and the A
...souls of all creatures at death, mentioned in the Quran as 'Malak al-Mawt' (the Angel of Death).
One of the false prophets of the Riddah period, from the Banu Taghlib tribe. She led an army toward Madinah but was deflected. She then married Musaylima al-Kad
An Ansari companion and one of the three Sahabah who stayed behind from the Battle of Tabuk. He was a poet who composed verses defending Islam. His repentance a
Mother of Anas ibn Malik and a devoted Ansari companion. She was known for her dee...
An Ansari companion who participated in the first Muslim naval expedition to Cyprus in 28 AH. She died there after falling from her horse, becoming the first wo
...ed an uprising against the Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik and was martyred in Kufah in 122 AH. He is considered the...
...the Tabi Tabieen generation. He taught both Abu Hanifah and Malik ibn Anas among others. He is revered as the 6th Imam by T...
The fifth Umayyad caliph (r. 65-86 AH / 685-705 CE), often called the 'father of Arab caliphate.' He unified the Umayyad state after the Second Fitna, standardi
...ernor of Iraq and the East under the Umayyad caliphs Abd al-Malik and al-Walid (d. 95 AH / 714 CE). Known for his iron-fist...
An Ansari companion whom the Prophet ﷺ permitted to lead the prayer in her own household — a fact cited in discussions of women's prayer leadership. She collect
An Ansari companion known for her extraordinary courage at the Battle of Uhud, where she fought to protect the Prophet ﷺ with a sword and bow after the archers
Mother of Ali ibn Abi Talib and a very early companion who raised the Prophet ﷺ as if her own son after the death of his mother Aminah. She accepted Islam early
The Ethiopian servant of the Prophet's ﷺ father Abdullah and one of the first people to care for the Prophet ﷺ as an infant and child. She was freed and married
Daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah al-Zahra, and granddaughter of the Prophet ﷺ. She survived the Battle of Karbala (61 AH) and delivered a historic spee
... was later executed on orders of Caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik.
Son of Caliph Abd al-Malik and one of the greatest Umayyad military commanders. He l...
The sixth Umayyad caliph (r. 86-96 AH / 705-715 CE), considered the pinnacle of Umayyad power. His reign saw the construction of the Great Mosque of Damascus (t
...ading hadith authority in his generation and the teacher of Malik ibn Anas, who highly valued his narrations. He served as ...
...panions' forces at the Battle of Marj Rahit. His son Abd al-Malik succeeded him.
A Jewish woman from Banu Nadir captured after the Battle of Banu Qurayza. Islamic sources differ on whether she became a wife or concubine of the Prophet. She a
Brother of Anas ibn Malik and one of the greatest warriors of early Islam. The Prop...
...he Jarmi tribe and one of the major narrators from Anas ibn Malik. Known for his asceticism, he eventually settled in Syria...
... approximately 20 years (65-86 AH) under his brother Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. He administered Egypt with noted stability an...
... al-Ashdaq (the prominent-jawed), a serious rival to Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan for the caliphate during the Second Fitna. He ...
...vernor of Iraq under caliphs Yazid II and Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (d. 105 AH). He is remembered in Islamic ethical traditio...
An Egyptian Maliki scholar (d. 709 AH) whose Kitab al-Hikam (Book of Wisdom...
...iles through the Islamic world and beyond — from Morocco to Mali, Anatolia to India, and China. His Rihla (Travels), dictat...
A Mauritanian scholar (1325-1393 AH) who became one of the founding teachers of the Islamic University of Madinah after migrating from West Africa. His multi-vo
Known as 'the Small Shafi'i' (al-Shafi'i al-Saghir), author of Nihayat al-Muht...
South Indian Shafi'i scholar, author of Fath al-Mu'in, the foundational Shafi'i fiqh text in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Chief student of Ibn al-Qasim (student of Malik), compiler of al-Mudawwana, the foundational text of the ...
Imam Malik's foremost student, principal transmitter of Maliki juris...
The first great Maliki scholar of al-Andalus, who transmitted the school from t...
Called 'the Small Malik,' the leading Maliki scholar of his age, author of a...
Leading Maliki jurist and legal theorist of 7th-century AH Egypt, autho...
Grandfather of the philosopher Averroes, the leading Maliki jurist of al-Andalus, author of al-Muqaddimat al-Mumahhi...
The leading Maliki scholar of his era in North Africa, called 'Imam of Imam...
Leading Maliki scholar of 15th-century Morocco, author of al-Mi'yar al-...
...Mukhtasar Khalil, the most authoritative and widely-studied Maliki fiqh text, a concise summary of the entire Maliki school...
Maliki scholar of the 10th century AH, author of Mawahib al-Jal...
Egyptian Maliki scholar, author of important commentaries on Mukhtasar K...
Maliki judge of Medina, author of Tabsirat al-Hukkam, a landmar...
Major 19th-century Moroccan Maliki scholar, author of al-Bahjah fi Sharh al-Tuhfah, a key c...
Andalusian Maliki scholar who settled in Alexandria, author of Siraj al-Mu...
Major Andalusian Maliki scholar and hadith master, author of al-Muntaqa fi Sharh...
Major Egyptian Maliki scholar, known for his glosses (hawashi) on the major Ma...
Leading Maliki scholar of 18th-century Egypt, author of al-Sharh al-Kab...
Major Maliki jurist of 5th-century AH Qayrawan, author of al-Tabsirah...
Hanafi hadith master, author of Nasb al-Rayah li Ahadith al-Hidayah, the definitive reference for the hadith evidence of the Hanafi school.
Leading Maliki hadith critic and legal scholar of 7th-century AH Morocc...
Tunisia's greatest 20th-century scholar, author of al-Tahrir wa al-Tanwir (the most significant modern Quran commentary) and Maqasid al-Shariah.
Mauritanian scholar who taught in Medina and authored Adwa al-Bayan, a unique tafsir that explains the Quran through other Quranic verses.
Leading female scholar of hadith and fiqh among the Tabi'in; her legal op...
Preeminent female hadith scholar of the 5th century; the highest authority f...
Maliki jurist of Fez; compiler of al-Mi'yar al-Mu'rib, the most...
West African Maliki scholar and Sufi leader who unified scholarly and spirit...
...ne of the earliest Quran commentators and a key link in the Maliki chain.
...i'at al-Lam'at (commentary on Mishkat) and introducer of formal hadith scholarship to the subcontinent.
The greatest Maliki scholar of North Africa. He compiled al-Mudawwanah al-Ku...
A major Hanafi hadith scholar from Zayla (Somalia). Author of Nasb al-Rayah, the most comprehensive collect...
A daughter of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib from a secondary wife. A transmitter of hadith from her father and Imam al-Husayn.
Known as 'the Pride of Women' and 'the Female Bukhari of her time.' A celebrated female hadith scholar o...
The great Islamic reformer of West Africa. He founded the Sokoto Caliphate in northern Nigeria, one of the largest states in African history.
One of the greatest Hanafi jurists of the 15th century. His Fath al-Qadir (commentary on al-Hidayah) is the most analytically rigorous Hanafi legal work.
...m was the first comprehensive Islamic legal text written in Malay.
Wife of Abu al-Darda' and a distinguished female Companion known for her knowledge and piety. Not to be con...
A leading female hadith scholar of the Tabi'in generation. Granddaughter of...
The greatest scholar of Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh) after al-Ghazali. His al-Muwafaqat revolutionized usul al-fiqh by developing the concept of maqasid
The leading Maliki scholar of Qayrawan (Tunisia) in the 4th century AH. His...
...philosopher and Aristotle's chief commentator. A practicing Maliki jurist. His philosophical works profoundly influenced me...
...-Ahkam al-Quran (Tafsir al-Qurtubi), the most comprehensive Maliki Quranic commentary focusing on legal rulings extracted f...
North African Maliki scholar whose Sanusiyya creed became the standard Ash'ar...
19th century Moroccan scholar who settled in Arabia and founded an influential spiritual and scholarly tradition.
Imam of Sicily, leading Maliki jurist and physician of the medieval period.
Leading Maliki jurist of al-Andalus and grandfather of the philosopher ...
Sister of Ali ibn Abi Talib who gave refuge to two men during the Conquest of Makkah, which the Prophet ﷺ honored.
Greatest Islamic scholar of Timbuktu, prolific author of biographies and fiqh. Taken captive to Morocco but continued writing.
West African Islamic scholar, mujahid, and founder of the Toucouleur Empire in the Senegambia region.
Senegalese Islamic scholar with one of the largest followings in West Africa. President of the World Muslim League.
Greatest Malay-Patani Islamic scholar, prolific author of Malay-language...
First major Malay poet and Islamic scholar from Aceh, pioneering Malay Isla...
Tabi'iyya scholar who was the most important transmitter of Aisha's knowledge. Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri considered her a reliable ocean of knowledge.
Famous female saint and ascetic of Basra known for her poetry on divine ...
Andalusian Maliki scholar and the primary transmitter of the Muwatta in al...
Mother of Aisha and Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr. Wife of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq.
Greatest Arab geographer, who created the most accurate map of the world in the 12th century for King Roger II of Sicily.
Leading Maliki scholar of al-Andalus. His Ahkam al-Quran is the major M...
Female companion renowned for her knowledge of the rulings on was...
Female warrior companion who protected the Prophet ﷺ at the Battl...
Early female Muslim from Makkah who worked secretly to convert Qurayshi...
Moroccan historian of al-Andalus. His Nafh al-Tib is the most comprehensive history of Islamic Spain and its scholars.
Andalusian Maliki scholar whose al-Muharrar al-Wajiz is the most scholarly...
Maliki scholar of Granada whose al-Muwafaqat is the foundationa...
... Tabi'un. He was commissioned by Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz to formally record hadith.
Founder of the Sanusiyya movement in Libya. Student of Ahmad ibn Idris who spread Islamic revival across North Africa.
Andalusian Maliki jurist who transmitted Malik's Muwatta to Spain; called ...
Nigerian Islamic scholar and reformer who advocated for direct Quran-based guidance over traditional authority.
...holar and founder of the Uwaysiyya order; spread Islam in Somalia and East Africa.
Companion who made the first female migration (hijra) from Mecca to Medina alone, prompting Qu...
Major female hadith transmitter and one of the highest authorities for ...
Founder of the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, considered the oldest university in the world.
Son of Uthman dan Fodio and Sultan of Sokoto Caliphate, scholar and prolific author.
Primary Egyptian student of Malik whose transmissions form the core of the Maliki school.
Tunisian Maliki jurist who compiled al-Mudawwana, the foundational text ...
Medieval female hadith scholar with high chains, praised by Ibn Hajar al-A...
Leading Maliki jurist of the Maghreb who influenced the Almoravid movem...
classical era scholar
An Egyptian Shafi'i scholar and Azhari jurist (d. 1204 AH / 1790 CE), best known for his encyclopedic hashiyah on Tafsir al-Jalalayn titled al-Futuhat al-Ilahiy
... of the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies Malaysia, and author of the standard academic text Principles o...
... Islam, presenting biographical accounts of the wives and female companions of the Prophet.
...nd the Messenger, presenting biographical accounts of the female companions of the Prophet.
...e use of legal reasoning, and the principal teacher of Imam Malik ibn Anas.
...ansmitted many of his rulings. He is a key narrator in Imam Malik's Muwatta and was considered trustworthy by the major had...
... knowledge of the soul's ailments. He was a teacher of Imam Malik and known for his sharp moral insights and zuhd.
...wn as Rabi'ah al-Ra'y, he was the principal teacher of Imam Malik in Madinah. He was celebrated for his independent legal r...
...'s narrations from Abu Hurayrah. He is a key figure in Imam Malik's chains and served as a financial administrator in Madin...
...amic scholarship, asceticism, and jihad. Studied under Imam Malik and Sufyan al-Thawri, and authored al-Zuhd wa al-Raqa'iq....
...of Basra known for his extensive transmission from Anas ibn Malik's students. He was a prolific narrator, ascetic in charac...
... first systematic work on jurisprudence. Studied under Imam Malik and later became a teacher of Imam Ahmad.
...ransmitter of traditions from Thabit al-Bunani and Anas ibn Malik, and a major figure in Basran Islamic scholarship.
...cond century, sometimes described as more learned than Imam Malik, who combined legal mastery with extraordinary generosity...
Basran ascetic scholar and Tabi' Tabi'i, celebrated for his extreme piety, renunciation of worldly pleasures, and frequent citations in books of Islamic spiritu
...pile hadith, one of the earliest figures involved in the formal codification of prophetic traditions.
Long-lived Kufan narrator who transmitted from companions and tabi'un alike, known as one of the oldest narrators of his era.
...l Opinion), a master jurist and the primary teacher of Imam Malik ibn Anas.
...th scholar who later settled in Egypt, widely cited by Imam Malik and other Hijazi authorities.
Basran female scholar and hadith narrator of the Tabi'un generation, sis...
Medinan female scholar and hadith narrator, step-daughter of the Prophet ...
...etic of the Tabi'un generation, a major student of Anas ibn Malik and prolific narrator whose chains appear in all six cano...
Basran Tabi'i scholar, son of the Companion Usama ibn Umayr al-Hudhali, known for reliable hadith transmission and jurisprudential knowledge.
By Imam Malik ibn Anas. The earliest surviving collection of hadith and...
... sick to maintaining family ties and showing kindness to animals. Widely used as a manual of Islamic character development.
...racting legal rulings (ahkam) from the Quran. Al-Qurtubi, a Maliki scholar, presents opinions from all four schools of fiqh...
...cused exclusively on the legal verses of the Quran from the Maliki perspective. Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi, the prominent Andalu...
By Sahnun ibn Sa'id. The primary reference work for the Maliki school of jurisprudence. Sahnun compiled it from the leg...
.... The text became a cornerstone of Islamic education in the Malay Archipelago, with multiple translations and commentaries ...
... Mukhtasar, the most condensed and authoritative summary of Maliki fiqh. Al-Kharshi's commentary unpacks Khalil's extremely...
... and miracles of the Prophet Muhammad. Qadi Iyad, the great Maliki scholar of al-Andalus, compiled everything related to th...
By Ibn Malik. A thousand-line poem (alfiyyah) that comprehensively cov...
...e elementary al-Ajrumiyyah and the advanced Alfiyyah of Ibn Malik. Ibn Hisham, widely regarded as the greatest grammarian a...
By Al-Mizzi. The most comprehensive biographical dictionary of hadith narrators in Islamic scholarship. Al-Mizzi compiled detailed entries for every narrator me
...nstrates Allah's wisdom in the design of the human body, animal kingdom, plants, celestial bodies, and the spiritual world....
...rophet Muhammad in Islamic literature. Qadi Iyad, the great Maliki scholar of Ceuta, compiled everything related to the Pro...
By Imam an-Nawawi. A guide to the etiquette of learning, teaching, and reciting the Quran. An-Nawawi covers the virtues of Quran recitation, the manners of the
...uran and Sunnah and critiquing the positions of the Hanafi, Maliki, and Shafi'i schools. Known for its rigorous hadith-base...
...il's Mukhtasar. This layered work is a primary reference in Maliki jurisprudence, especially in Egypt and North Africa. Ad-...
...ms the backbone of traditional theological education in the Maliki-Ash'ari tradition.
By Ibn Aqil al-Misri. The most popular commentary on Ibn Malik's Alfiyyah (the thousand-line poem on Arabic grammar). Ib...
By Ibn Farhun. The most important Maliki work on Islamic judicial procedure. Ibn Farhun covers th...
...d al-Barr. An encyclopedic commentary on the hadith in Imam Malik's al-Muwatta, organized by the names of narrators. Ibn Ab...
...ni. An abridgment and refinement of al-Mizzi's Tahdhib al-Kamal, the comprehensive biographical dictionary of hadith narrat...
By Ibn Farhun. The standard biographical dictionary of Maliki scholars, covering the lives and contributions of jurist...
...embrances extracted from the Quran and Sunnah. Despite its small size, it has become one of the most widely distributed Isl...
By Ibn Rushd al-Jadd. A foundational work in Maliki jurisprudence by the grandfather of the famous philosoph...
...di Iyad. A major commentary on Sahih Muslim by the renowned Maliki judge Qadi Iyad of Ceuta. The work explains hadith meani...
...xts like al-Ajrumiyyah and advanced works like Alfiyyat Ibn Malik.
...al-Hasan ash-Shaybani. Imam Muhammad's transmission of Imam Malik's al-Muwatta with his own additions and Hanafi commentary...
By Sulayman al-Jamal. A gloss (hashiyah) on Tafsir al-Jalalayn, providing additi...
... A major commentary on Mukhtasar Khalil, the most important Maliki legal compendium. Al-Dardir's explanation is one of the ...
...Kabir, serving as one of the primary reference works in the Maliki school. Al-Dasuqi provides additional analysis and helps...
By Sahnun ibn Sa'id. The foundational text of Maliki jurisprudence, compiled by Sahnun from the teachings of ...
By Kamal al-Din Ibn al-Humam. A masterful commentary on al-Hidayah, ...
... and legal principles needed to understand the foundational Maliki text.
...d. A massive commentary on al-Utbiyyah, one of the earliest Maliki legal compilations. Ibn Rushd al-Jadd provides extensive...
...ab al-Din al-Qarafi. One of the most comprehensive works of Maliki jurisprudence, covering the entire range of Islamic law....
By Ibn Abd al-Barr. A monumental commentary on Imam Malik's Muwatta, organized by chain of narration. Ibn Abd al-Ba...
...te the most comprehensive commentary on the Muwatta of Imam Malik.
By Qadi Iyad. A completion of al-Maziri's al-Mu'allim bi-Fawaid Muslim, providing a comprehensive commentary on Sahih Muslim. Qadi Iyad's work became the founda
By Jamal al-Din al-Zayla'i. A groundbreaking work of hadith verifica...
By Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi. The most comprehensive work on hadith narr...
...ni. An abridgment and refinement of al-Mizzi's Tahdhib al-Kamal, with additional critical assessments and corrections. Ibn ...
By Abu al-Barakat ad-Dardir. A major Maliki fiqh commentary on the Mukhtasar of Khalil ibn Ishaq, wh...
...y on ad-Dardir's Sharh al-Kabir and a primary reference for Maliki fatwa. Ad-Dusuqi clarifies ambiguities, corrects errors,...
By Zayn ad-Din al-Malibari. An important Shafi'i fiqh text widely studied in Sout...
...qh references in Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Ad-Dimyati adds extensive notes, elabor...
...hnun ibn Sa'id. The most important foundational text of the Maliki school after the Muwatta itself. Sahnun compiled the leg...
...Baradhi'i's work became the basis for later teaching in the Maliki school, particularly in North and West Africa, and influ...
...n Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani. The most famous beginner's text in Maliki fiqh, studied across North and West Africa for over a th...
By Abu Umar ibn Abd al-Barr. A comprehensive Maliki fiqh manual by the great Andalusian hadith scholar Ibn A...
...s on each issue in a clear, organized format. Ibn Juzayy, a Maliki scholar from Granada, created an accessible reference th...
By Shihab ad-Din al-Qarafi. A major Maliki fiqh encyclopedia by one of the greatest legal minds of ...
By Imam Malik / Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ash-Shaybani. Ash-Shaybani's narr...
By Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani. A concise Maliki primer focused on worship and creed, widely used as an i...
By Mohammad Hashim Kamali. A rigorous academic study of usul al-fiqh: sources of Isl...
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An overview of the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali schools: their founders, methodolo...
The world of angels: their nature, duties, major angels, and why belief in them is a pillar of faith.
The school of Medina: Imam Malik, his Muwatta, the practice of the people of Medina, and i...
...om the first migration to Abyssinia to the great empires of Mali and Songhai: Islam's deep roots in Africa.
How Islam spread through trade to Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines. The largest Muslim popul...
...he life of the Prophet's closest companion, the first adult male to accept Islam, and the leader who preserved the ummah af...
The life and methodology of the Maliki school's founder, author of al-Muwatta, the earliest sur...
The first hereditary Islamic dynasty that expanded Muslim rule from Spain to Central Asia and established Arabic as the language of governance.
A detailed study of the angelic realm in Islam, including the major angels, their duties, and what the Quran and Sunnah teach about them.
The story of Sulayman, his command over jinn, animals, and wind, his encounter with the Queen of Sheba, and his ...
The Islamic teachings on the humane treatment of animals, the prohibition of cruelty, and the balance between use a...
The ruling on sacrificing an animal during Eid al-Adha, the types of animals accepted, their co...
The Islamic requirements for humane animal treatment, the conditions of halal slaughter, the prohibiti...
The Maliki principle of prohibiting otherwise lawful acts if they l...
The pioneering hadith collection compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas, its unique blend of hadith and Madinan jurispru...
...Aisha bint Abi Bakr to Fatimah al-Bataihiyyah, and how no female narrator was ever accused of fabrication.
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...the 73 sects. Encompasses the four schools of fiqh (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali) and the accepted aqeedah schools (Ath...
...etation) for some attributes. Predominant among Shafi'i and Maliki scholars historically.
...e four major Sunni schools of jurisprudence founded by Imam Malik ibn Anas (711–795 CE) in Medina. Distinctive for its use ...
..., who revolted against the Umayyad Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik in 740 CE. Of all the Shia groups, the Zaydis are closest...
...(1735–1815 CE). Highly influential in West Africa (Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Mauritania). Claims that the founder received th...
...scholarship in favor of personal reinterpretation. Not a formal organization but a loose intellectual current with signific...
...rophet, and that black people are the original divine race. Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali were both associated with the NOI be...