Wikipedia's first sentence called it “collection of hadith of the prophet muhammad that form the basis for the jurisprudence of the maliki school”. Today it says “first legal work to incorporate and combine hadith and fiqh”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category”. It now reads “8th-century Islamic hadith collection Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category”.
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Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category v t e The Muwaṭṭaʾ ( ) is the first written collection of hadith comprising the subjects of Muslim law , compiled and edited by the Imam , Malik ibn Anas . Malik's best-known work, Al-Muwatta was the first legal work to incorporate and join hadith and fiqh together.1The work was received with wide praise. al-Kattani, Muhammad ibn Ja`far (2007).2 Muhammad al-Muntasir al-Kattani (ed.). al-Risalah al-Mustatrafah (in Arabic) (seventh ed.).
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The Muwatta is a collection of hadith of the Prophet Muhammad that form the basis for the jurisprudence of the Maliki school.
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The Muwaṭṭa ( ) is an early collection of hadith comprising the subjects of Muslim law , compiled and edited by the Imam , Malik ibn Anas . al-Kattani, Muhammad ibn Ja`far (2007).Muhammad al-Muntasir al-Kattani (ed.). al-Risalah al-Mustatrafah (in Arabic) (seventh ed.).
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Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category v t e The Muwaṭṭaʾ ( , "well-trodden path") or Muwatta Imam Malik ( ) of Imam Malik (711-795) written in the 8th-century, is the earliest collection of hadith texts comprising the subjects of Islamic law , compiled by the Imam , Malik ibn Anas .Malik's best-known work, Al-Muwatta was the first legal work to incorporate and combine hadith and fiqh (except possibly for Zayd ibn Ali 's Musnad). al-Kattani, Muhammad ibn Ja`far (2007). Muhammad al-Muntasir al-Kattani (ed.). al-Risalah al-Mustatrafah (in Arabic) (seventh ed.).
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8th-century Islamic hadith collection Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category v t e The Muwaṭṭaʾ ( , "well-trodden path") or Muwatta Imam Malik ( ) of Imam Malik (711–795) written in the 8th-century, is one of the earliest collections of hadith texts comprising the subjects of Islamic law , compiled by the Imam , Malik ibn Anas . Malik's best-known work, Al-Muwatta was the first legal work to incorporate and combine hadith and fiqh (except possibly for Zayd ibn Ali 's Musnad). al-Kattani, Muhammad ibn Ja`far (2007). Muhammad al-Muntasir al-Kattani (ed.). al-Risalah al-Mustatrafah (in Arabic) (seventh ed.).
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8th-century Islamic hadith collection Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category v t e Al-Muwaṭṭaʾ ( Arabic : الموطأ , 'the well-trodden path') or Muwatta Imam Malik ( Arabic : موطأ الإمام مالك ) of Imam Malik (711–795) written in the 8th-century, is one of the earliest collections of hadith texts comprising the subjects of Islamic law , compiled by the Imam , Malik ibn Anas . It is also the earliest extant example of a musannaf , referring to a genre of hadith compilation which arranges hadith topically. Malik's best-known work, Al-Muwatta was the first legal work to incorporate and combine hadith and fiqh . al-Kattani, Muhammad ibn Ja`far (2007). Muhammad al-Muntasir al-Kattani (ed.). al-Risalah al-Mustatrafah (in Arabic) (seventh ed.).
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collection of hadith of the prophet muhammad that form the basis for the jurisprudence of the maliki school
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first legal work to incorporate and combine hadith and fiqh
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