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المذهب المالكي
The Sunni school of Imam Malik of Madinah, author of al-Muwatta', which gives weight to the practice of the people of Madinah. Dominant in North and West Africa.
Biography
Malik learned from the heirs of the Madinan jurists (including Nafi', freed slave of Ibn Umar, and al-Zuhri). His al-Muwatta' is among the earliest surviving hadith-and-law works. He was flogged under the Abbasid governor for a fatwa about coerced divorce, interpreted politically.
The school spread through his students to Egypt, North Africa and al-Andalus.
Sources & explanation
۞ Qur'an
No specific verses cited for this node.
📜 Hadith verified on sunnah.com
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Sahih al-Bukhari 7352 Sahih
'When a judge strives and is right he has two rewards; if he strives and errs he has one reward' — basis of ijtihad.
💬 Explanation Unverified
Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's perspective
Methodological note (not a direct quote): Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's widely known approach is to build narratives primarily on the Quran and Sahih Hadith, to set aside Israiliyat (Judeo-Christian lore absorbed into later tafsir) and weak or fabricated narrations, and to avoid sectarian framing. Applied to this node: Presented neutrally.
Empires in their lifetime
- Abbasid Caliphate 750 CE – 1258 CEMalik ibn Anas taught in Medina under the early Abbasids.
- Caliphate of Córdoba 929 CE – 1031 CEMaliki law was dominant in Umayyad al-Andalus.
- Almoravid dynasty c. 1050 – 1147 CEThe Almoravids strictly promoted Maliki law.
- Sokoto Caliphate 1804 – 1903 CEIts scholars followed Maliki law.
Further references
- al-Dhahabi, Siyar A'lam al-Nubala'
- Muwatta Malik
Connections
Comes from
- Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah (Sunni Islam) offshoot — Sunni legal school
Linked with
- Abdullah ibn Umar (RA) related — Malik-Nafi'-Ibn Umar chain
- Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib (RH) related — Madinan jurisprudence
- Shafi'i School related — Al-Shafi'i studied under Malik