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...med and described what had occurred. The companion Anas ibn Malik — who served the Prophet ﷺ for years with unrestricted acce...
...s. The most recorded encounter on route was with Suraqa ibn Malik, a skilled tracker who pursued them and whose horse fell th...
...and on this site Masjid al-Nabawi would be built. Anas ibn Malik, who was approximately ten years old that day, preserved th...
...of Medina). The pairings were made at the house of Anas ibn Malik, with approximately forty-five to ninety pairs (sources var...
...e broken, cups emptied, stored supplies destroyed. Anas ibn Malik narrated that he broke the jar he was serving from the mome...
...ty sustained outside of a formal battle. Abu Bara' Amir ibn Malik, a prominent chief of the Banu Amir, visited Medina and ask...
...m in the context of dress. The four major madhabs (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali) agree on the obligation of covering the...
... Thaqif tribes gathered approximately 20,000 fighters under Malik ibn Awf al-Nasri, who controversially brought women, childr...
...ning of Tabuk came with three sincere companions — Ka'b ibn Malik, Murarah ibn al-Rabi, and Hilal ibn Umayyah — who had staye...
...e extraordinary case of three sincere companions — Ka'b ibn Malik, Murarah ibn al-Rabi, and Hilal ibn Umayyah — who stayed be...
...hem. The Shafi'i and Hanbali schools permit it broadly; the Maliki and Hanafi schools have generally limited it. Every absent...
...th of Ibn al-Zubayr would not come until 73 AH under Abd al-Malik. The years 60–73 AH represent the most turbulent period of ...
... himself died within a year, passing rule to his son Abd al-Malik, who would spend years suppressing the Zubayrid opposition ...
...was completed in 72 AH under the patronage of Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, making it one of the oldest extant Islamic monu...
Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (r. 65–86 AH) undertook a sweeping transformatio...
...s appointment as governor of Iraq in 75 AH by Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan came at a critical juncture: Iraq was the center...
...e Byzantine capital, launched by Caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik and commanded by his brother Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik. It r...
...s later recalled and executed by Caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik as part of a purge of al-Hajjaj's associates following the ...
... 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 Uma...
...scholars, musicians, and jurists — including the great Imam Malik, with whom he corresponded. His era is romanticized in the ...
...ardship. The famous 'three who were left behind' — Ka'b ibn Malik, Murarah ibn Rabi'ah, and Hilal ibn Umayyah — who stayed be...
Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan completed the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mou...
Caliph al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik completed the Great Mosque of Damascus, one of the largest ...
Imam Malik ibn Anas, the scholar of Medina and founder of the Maliki s...
...hool in Sunni Islam, adopted by the majority of Shafi'i and Maliki scholars.
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Qurtubi, the Maliki jurist and Quran commentator, died in Upper Egypt. His Taf...
Taqi al-Din ibn Daqiq al-Id, the great Shafi'i-Maliki jurist, hadith scholar, and Chief Judge of Egypt, died in ...
Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi, the great Maliki jurist of Granada, died. His al-Muwafaqat is the most impo...
Servant of the Prophet for ten years and one of the last Companions to die, narrating over 2,200 hadith.
...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-Hijrah...
Founder of the Maliki school of jurisprudence and author of al-Muwatta, one of t...
...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 ge...
...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 o...
Maliki judge and scholar of Seville, author of Ahkam al-Quran on ...
Andalusian Maliki jurist and philosopher, author of Bidayat al-Mujtahid on c...
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.
Egyptian Maliki scholar and the third master of the Shadhili Sufi order. A...
Andalusian Maliki jurist and mufassir who authored at-Tashil li Ulum at-Tanz...
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), the ...
Maliki scholar who pioneered the study of Maqasid ash-Shariah (ob...
Egyptian Maliki jurist and author of ash-Sharh al-Kabir, a major commentar...
Egyptian Maliki jurist and author of the Hashiyat ad-Dusuqi, a supercommen...
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.
Leading authority on Quranic recitations (qira'at) and author of 'at-Taysir,' a foundational text in the science of Quranic readings.
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 education networks in the Sokoto Caliphate.
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.
Andalusian Maliki jurist and hadith master, author of 'at-Tamhid' and 'al-Is...
Moroccan Maliki jurist and Sufi reformer, author of 'Qawa'id at-Tasawwuf' ...
Moroccan Maliki scholar, author of 'al-Murshid al-Mu'in,' a widely memoriz...
Algerian Maliki scholar, author of 'al-Sullam al-Munawraq' on logic and 'M...
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 authoritative ...
Andalusian Maliki scholar and author of 'at-Tashil li Ulum at-Tanzil,' a pop...
American Muslim scholar, co-founder of Zaytuna College, widely regarded as one of the most influential Muslims in the Western world.
Berber religious reformer and founder of the Almohad movement in the Maghreb, known for his emphasis on divine unity (tawhid).
Maliki jurist and author of 'al-Madkhal,' a detailed work on Isla...
Egyptian Maliki scholar and author of 'Jawharat at-Tawhid,' a famous creed...
Moroccan Maliki scholar of Fez and author of a commentary on the Mukhtasar...
First Maliki Grand Imam of al-Azhar, author of the most widely studied ...
Moroccan Maliki mufti and author of 'al-Mi'yar al-Jadid,' a massive collec...
Maliki judge of Ceuta and author of 'ash-Shifa bi Ta'rif Huquq al...
Tunisian Maliki scholar and Grand Mufti, author of 'at-Tahrir wat-Tanwir,'...
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
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 deep ...
...ed an uprising against the Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik and was martyred in Kufah in 122 AH. He is considered the f...
...the Tabi Tabieen generation. He taught both Abu Hanifah and Malik ibn Anas among others. He is revered as the 6th Imam by Twe...
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-fisted...
... 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 led...
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 qa...
...panions' forces at the Battle of Marj Rahit. His son Abd al-Malik succeeded him.
Brother of Anas ibn Malik and one of the greatest warriors of early Islam. The Prophe...
...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 and ...
... al-Ashdaq (the prominent-jawed), a serious rival to Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan for the caliphate during the Second Fitna. He co...
...vernor of Iraq under caliphs Yazid II and Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (d. 105 AH). He is remembered in Islamic ethical tradition ...
An Egyptian Maliki scholar (d. 709 AH) whose Kitab al-Hikam (Book of Wisdoms)...
The greatest Muslim traveler in history (703-770 AH), who over 30 years traveled approximately 75,000 miles through the Islamic world and beyond — from Morocco
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
Chief student of Ibn al-Qasim (student of Malik), compiler of al-Mudawwana, the foundational text of the Ma...
Imam Malik's foremost student, principal transmitter of Maliki jurispr...
The first great Maliki scholar of al-Andalus, who transmitted the school from the...
Called 'the Small Malik,' the leading Maliki scholar of his age, author of al-Risal...
Leading Maliki jurist and legal theorist of 7th-century AH Egypt, author ...
Grandfather of the philosopher Averroes, the leading Maliki jurist of al-Andalus, author of al-Muqaddimat al-Mumahhida...
The leading Maliki scholar of his era in North Africa, called 'Imam of Imams,...
Leading Maliki scholar of 15th-century Morocco, author of al-Mi'yar al-Mu...
...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-Jalil...
Egyptian Maliki scholar, author of important commentaries on Mukhtasar Kha...
Maliki judge of Medina, author of Tabsirat al-Hukkam, a landmark ...
Major 19th-century Moroccan Maliki scholar, author of al-Bahjah fi Sharh al-Tuhfah, a key com...
Andalusian Maliki scholar who settled in Alexandria, author of Siraj al-Mulu...
Major Andalusian Maliki scholar and hadith master, author of al-Muntaqa fi Sharh a...
Major Egyptian Maliki scholar, known for his glosses (hawashi) on the major Mali...
Leading Maliki scholar of 18th-century Egypt, author of al-Sharh al-Kabir...
Major Maliki jurist of 5th-century AH Qayrawan, author of al-Tabsirah, ...
Leading Maliki hadith critic and legal scholar of 7th-century AH Morocco,...
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.
Maliki jurist of Fez; compiler of al-Mi'yar al-Mu'rib, the most c...
West African Maliki scholar and Sufi leader who unified scholarly and spiritua...
...ne of the earliest Quran commentators and a key link in the Maliki chain.
The greatest Maliki scholar of North Africa. He compiled al-Mudawwanah al-Kubr...
The great Islamic reformer of West Africa. He founded the Sokoto Caliphate in northern Nigeria, one of the largest states in African history.
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 a...
...philosopher and Aristotle's chief commentator. A practicing Maliki jurist. His philosophical works profoundly influenced medi...
...-Ahkam al-Quran (Tafsir al-Qurtubi), the most comprehensive Maliki Quranic commentary focusing on legal rulings extracted fro...
North African Maliki scholar whose Sanusiyya creed became the standard Ash'ari ...
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 Av...
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.
Andalusian Maliki scholar and the primary transmitter of the Muwatta in al-A...
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 Mal...
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 A...
Maliki scholar of Granada whose al-Muwafaqat is the foundational ...
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 't...
Nigerian Islamic scholar and reformer who advocated for direct Quran-based guidance over traditional authority.
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 of...
Leading Maliki jurist of the Maghreb who influenced the Almoravid movemen...
classical era scholar
...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 hadit...
... 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 rea...
...'s narrations from Abu Hurayrah. He is a key figure in Imam Malik's chains and served as a financial administrator in Madinah...
...amic scholarship, asceticism, and jihad. Studied under Imam Malik and Sufyan al-Thawri, and authored al-Zuhd wa al-Raqa'iq. A...
...of Basra known for his extensive transmission from Anas ibn Malik's students. He was a prolific narrator, ascetic in characte...
... 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
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.
...etic of the Tabi'un generation, a major student of Anas ibn Malik and prolific narrator whose chains appear in all six canoni...
By Imam Malik ibn Anas. The earliest surviving collection of hadith and t...
...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 Andalusi...
By Sahnun ibn Sa'id. The primary reference work for the Maliki school of jurisprudence. Sahnun compiled it from the legal...
... Mukhtasar, the most condensed and authoritative summary of Maliki fiqh. Al-Kharshi's commentary unpacks Khalil's extremely c...
... and miracles of the Prophet Muhammad. Qadi Iyad, the great Maliki scholar of al-Andalus, compiled everything related to the ...
By Ibn Malik. A thousand-line poem (alfiyyah) that comprehensively cover...
...e elementary al-Ajrumiyyah and the advanced Alfiyyah of Ibn Malik. Ibn Hisham, widely regarded as the greatest grammarian aft...
...rophet Muhammad in Islamic literature. Qadi Iyad, the great Maliki scholar of Ceuta, compiled everything related to the Proph...
...uran and Sunnah and critiquing the positions of the Hanafi, Maliki, and Shafi'i schools. Known for its rigorous hadith-based ...
...il's Mukhtasar. This layered work is a primary reference in Maliki jurisprudence, especially in Egypt and North Africa. Ad-Da...
...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). Ibn ...
By Ibn Farhun. The most important Maliki work on Islamic judicial procedure. Ibn Farhun covers the ...
...d al-Barr. An encyclopedic commentary on the hadith in Imam Malik's al-Muwatta, organized by the names of narrators. Ibn Abd ...
By Ibn Farhun. The standard biographical dictionary of Maliki scholars, covering the lives and contributions of jurists ...
By Ibn Rushd al-Jadd. A foundational work in Maliki jurisprudence by the grandfather of the famous philosopher...
...di Iyad. A major commentary on Sahih Muslim by the renowned Maliki judge Qadi Iyad of Ceuta. The work explains hadith meaning...
...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. ...
... A major commentary on Mukhtasar Khalil, the most important Maliki legal compendium. Al-Dardir's explanation is one of the mo...
...Kabir, serving as one of the primary reference works in the Maliki school. Al-Dasuqi provides additional analysis and helps r...
By Sahnun ibn Sa'id. The foundational text of Maliki jurisprudence, compiled by Sahnun from the teachings of Ib...
... 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 a...
...ab al-Din al-Qarafi. One of the most comprehensive works of Maliki jurisprudence, covering the entire range of Islamic law. A...
By Ibn Abd al-Barr. A monumental commentary on Imam Malik's Muwatta, organized by chain of narration. Ibn Abd al-Barr...
...te the most comprehensive commentary on the Muwatta of Imam Malik.
By Abu al-Barakat ad-Dardir. A major Maliki fiqh commentary on the Mukhtasar of Khalil ibn Ishaq, whic...
...y on ad-Dardir's Sharh al-Kabir and a primary reference for Maliki fatwa. Ad-Dusuqi clarifies ambiguities, corrects errors, a...
...hnun ibn Sa'id. The most important foundational text of the Maliki school after the Muwatta itself. Sahnun compiled the legal...
...Baradhi'i's work became the basis for later teaching in the Maliki school, particularly in North and West Africa, and influen...
...n Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani. The most famous beginner's text in Maliki fiqh, studied across North and West Africa for over a thou...
By Abu Umar ibn Abd al-Barr. A comprehensive Maliki fiqh manual by the great Andalusian hadith scholar Ibn Abd...
...s on each issue in a clear, organized format. Ibn Juzayy, a Maliki scholar from Granada, created an accessible reference that...
By Shihab ad-Din al-Qarafi. A major Maliki fiqh encyclopedia by one of the greatest legal minds of Is...
By Imam Malik / Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ash-Shaybani. Ash-Shaybani's narrat...
By Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani. A concise Maliki primer focused on worship and creed, widely used as an int...
An overview of the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali schools: their founders, methodologi...
The school of Medina: Imam Malik, his Muwatta, the practice of the people of Medina, and its...
The life and methodology of the Maliki school's founder, author of al-Muwatta, the earliest survi...
The first hereditary Islamic dynasty that expanded Muslim rule from Spain to Central Asia and established Arabic as the language of governance.
The Maliki principle of prohibiting otherwise lawful acts if they lea...
The pioneering hadith collection compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas, its unique blend of hadith and Madinan jurisprude...
...the 73 sects. Encompasses the four schools of fiqh (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali) and the accepted aqeedah schools (Athar...
...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 of...
..., who revolted against the Umayyad Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik in 740 CE. Of all the Shia groups, the Zaydis are closest t...