Malik ibn Anas (Arabic: مَالِك بْن أَنَس, romanized: Mālik ibn ʾAnas; c. 711 –795) was an Arab Islamic scholar and traditionalist who is the eponym of the Maliki school, one of the four schools of Islamic jurisprudence in Sunni Islam.

Malik ibn Anas, Muslim legist who played an important role in formulating early Islamic legal doctrines and whose followers formed the Maliki school of law (madhhab). His most famous work, the Muwatta’, is the oldest surviving compendium of Islamic law.

Dec 14, 2020 · Imam Malik ibn Anas was born in 93 Hijri (711 AD) in the village called Zul-Marwa in Madina. His father, grandfather, and great grandfather were all renowned people among the scholars of Hadith. It is reported that his great grandfather was a companion who fought several battles alongside the Prophet ( ﷺ ) .

Jul 30, 2024 · Imam Malik (Malik ibn Anas, born in 711, died in 795 CE) was a prominent Islamic scholar and the founder of the Maliki school of jurisprudence, prevalent in parts of Africa and the Arab world.

Abu 'Abdullah Malik ibn 'Anas ibn Malik ibn Amr al-Asbahi was born in Madinah in the year 93H (714CE). His ancestral home was in Yemen, but his grandfather settled in Madinah after embracing Islam. Malik became the Imam of Madinah, …

Malik Ibn Anas, who was born between 708 and 716 c.e., was the most famous jurist from Medina by the time of his death in 795. Malik composed one of the first books of Islamic law, the Muwatta˒. Malik studied with several experts on Islamic tradition (hadith), some of whose parents knew the Prophet.

He is the author of al-Muwatta’ ("The Approved"), formed of the sound narrations of the Prophet from the people of the Hijaz together with the sayings of the Companions, the Followers, and those after them.

Jan 21, 2025 · Imam Malik ibn Anas, often referred to as the Scholar of Medina, was one of the most revered Islamic jurists in history. He founded the Maliki School of Thought, a significant school of jurisprudence in Sunni Islam.

Malik lived surrounded by the traces of the Tabi’un and Companions, and he learned the fatwas of the Companions from the Tabi’un and singled out those whose opinions were best. He investigated the reports of ‘Umar and Ibn Mas’ud and other fuqaha’ of the Companions, studying their cases and rulings.

Oct 2, 2024 · ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārit̲h̲ al-Aṣbaḥī, often referred to as Mālik ibn Anas (Arabic: مالك بن أنس‎; 711–795 CE / 93–179 AH) for short, or reverently as Imam Mālik by Sunni Muslims, was an Arab Muslim jurist, theologian, and Hadith traditionist.