Malik ibn Anas

Mālik ibn Anas ibn Malik ibn 'Āmr al-Asbahi ( Arabic مالك بن أنس ) (c. 711 – 795) (93 AH – 179 AH ) is known as "Imam Malik," the " Sheikh of Islam ," the "Proof of the Community," and "Imam of the Abode of Emigration." He was one of the most highly respected scholars of fiqh in Sunni Islam . Imam Shafi , who was one of Malik's students for nine years and a scholarly giant in his own right, stated, "when scholars are mentioned, Malik is like the star among them." The Maliki Madhab , named after Malik, is one of the four schools of jurisprudence that are followed by Sunni Muslims to this day. The Origins of Islamic Law: The Qurʼan, the Muwaṭṭaʼ and Madinan ʻAmal, pg. 16 "Malik ibn Anas ibn Malik ibn `Amr, al-Imam, Abu `Abd Allah al-Humyari al-Asbahi al-Madani" .

Mālik ibn Anas ibn Mālik ibn Abī 'Āmir al-Asbahī ( Arabic : مالك بن أنس‎; 711–795 CE / 93–179 AH ) is known as "Imam Malik," the " Sheikh of Islam ", the "Proof of the Community," and "Imam of the Abode of Emigration." He was one of the most highly respected scholars of fiqh in Sunni Islam . Shafi`i , who was one of Malik's students for nine years and a scholarly giant in his own right, stated, "when scholars are mentioned, Malik is the star." The Maliki Madhab , named after Malik, is one of the four schools of jurisprudence that are followed by Sunni Muslims to this day.

Hadith compiler Malik bin Anas ( , ‎ 711–795 CE / 93–179 AH ), whose full name is Mālik bin ʾAnas bin Mālik bin ʾAbī ʿĀmir bin ʿAmr bin al-Ḥārith bin Ghaymān bin Khuthayn bin ʿAmr bin al-Ḥārith al-Aṣbaḥīy , reverently known as Imam Mālik by Maliki Sunnis , was an Arab Muslim jurist , theologian , and hadith traditionist. Born in the city of Medina , Malik rose to become the premier scholar of prophetic traditions in his day, which he sought to apply to "the whole legal life" in order to create a systematic method of Muslim jurisprudence which would only further expand with the passage of time. Referred to as the Imam of Medina by his contemporaries, Malik's views in matters of jurisprudence were highly cherished both in his own life and afterwards, and he became the founder of one of the four schools of Sunni law, the Maliki , which became the normative rite for the Sunni practice of much of North Africa , Andalusia , a vast portion of Egypt , and some parts of Syria , Yemen , Sudan , Iraq , and Khorasan , and the prominent Sufi orders , including the Shadiliyya and the Tijaniyyah . Perhaps Malik's most famous accomplishment in the annals of Islamic history is, however, his compilation of the Muwatta , one of the oldest and most revered Sunni hadith collections and one of "the earliest surviving Muslim law-book[s]," in which Malik attempted to "give a survey of law and justice ; ritual and practice of religion according to the consensus of Islam in Medina, according to the sunna usual in Medina; and to create a theoretical standard for matters which were not settled from the point of view of consensus and sunna." Composed in the early days of the Abbasid caliphate , during which time there was a burgeoning "recognition and appreciation of the canon law" of the ruling party, Malik's work aimed to trace out a "smoothed path" (which is what al-muwaṭṭaʾ literally means) through "the farreaching differences of opinion even on the most elementary questions." Hailed as "the soundest book on earth after the Quran " by al-Shafi'i , the compilation of the Muwatta led to Malik being bestowed with such reverential epithets as Shaykh of Islam , Proof of the Community , Imam of the Abode of Emigration , and Knowledgeable Scholar of Medina in later Sunni tradition. According to classical Sunni tradition, the Prophet Muhammad foretold the birth of Malik, saying: "Very soon will people beat the flanks of camels in search of knowledge and they shall find no one more expert than the knowledgeable scholar of Medina," and, in another tradition, "The people ... shall set forth from East and West without finding a sage other than the sage of the people in Medina." While some later scholars, such as Ibn Hazm and Tahawi , did cast doubt on identifying the mysterious wise man of both these traditions with Malik, the most widespread interpretation nevertheless continued to be that which held the personage to be Malik. Throughout Islamic history, Malik has been venerated as an exemplary figure in all the traditional schools of Sunni thought, both by the exoteric ulema and by the mystics , with the latter often designating him as a saint in their hagiographies. Malik's most notable student, al-Shafi'i , who would himself become the founder of another of the four orthodox legal schools of Sunni law, later said of his teacher: "No one constitutes as great a favor to me in the Religion of God as Malik ... when the scholars of knowledge are mentioned, Malik is the guiding star." Schacht, J., "Mālik b. "Narrated by Abu Hurayrah by Ahmad, al-Tirmidhi who said it is hasan -- in some manuscripts hasan sahih -- al-Hakim (1:90-91) with three chains, declaring it sahih by Muslim's criterion, al-Bayhaqi in al-Sunan al-Kubra (1:386), etc." (Gibril F.

Arab Islamic jurist, theologian and hadith traditionist (711–795) Malik ibn Anas ( , ‎ 711–795 CE / 93–179 AH ), whose full name is Mālik bin Anas bin Mālik bin Abī ʿĀmir bin ʿAmr bin Al-Ḥārith bin Ghaymān bin Khuthayn bin ʿAmr bin Al-Ḥārith al-Aṣbaḥī al-Ḥumyarī al-Madanī ( ), reverently known as al-Imām Mālik ( ) by Sunni Muslims , was a Muslim jurist , theologian , and hadith traditionist. Born in the city of Medina , Malik rose to become the premier scholar of prophetic traditions in his day, which he sought to apply to "the whole legal life" in order to create a systematic method of Muslim jurisprudence which would only further expand with the passage of time. Referred to as the "Imam of Medina" by his contemporaries, Malik's views in matters of jurisprudence were highly cherished both in his own life and afterwards, and he became the founder of one of the four schools of Sunni law, the Maliki , which became the normative rite for the Sunni practice of much of North Africa , Al-Andalus (until expulsion of Muslims), a vast portion of Egypt , and some parts of Syria , Yemen , Sudan , Iraq , and Khorasan , and the prominent Sufi orders , including the Shadiliyya and the Tijaniyyah . Perhaps Malik's most famous accomplishment in the annals of Islamic history is, however, his compilation of the Muwatta , one of the oldest and most revered Sunni hadith collections and one of "the earliest surviving Muslim law-book[s]," in which Malik attempted to "give a survey of law and justice ; ritual and practice of religion according to the consensus of Islam in Medina, according to the sunna usual in Medina; and to create a theoretical standard for matters which were not settled from the point of view of consensus and sunna." Composed in the early days of the Abbasid caliphate , during which time there was a burgeoning "recognition and appreciation of the canon law" of the ruling party, Malik's work aimed to trace out a "smoothed path" (which is what al-muwaṭṭaʾ literally means) through "the farreaching differences of opinion even on the most elementary questions." Hailed as "the soundest book on earth after the Quran " by al-Shafi'i , the compilation of the Muwatta led to Malik being bestowed with such reverential epithets as "Shaykh of Islam", "Proof of the Community", "Imam of the Abode of Emigration", and "Knowledgeable Scholar of Medina" in later Sunni tradition. According to classical Sunni tradition, the Islamic prophet Muhammad foretold the birth of Malik, saying: "Very soon will people beat the flanks of camels in search of knowledge and they shall find no one more expert than the knowledgeable scholar of Medina," and, in another tradition, "The people ... shall set forth from East and West without finding a sage other than the sage of the people in Medina." While some later scholars, such as Ibn Hazm and Tahawi , did cast doubt on identifying the mysterious wise man of both these traditions with Malik, the most widespread interpretation nevertheless continued to be that which held the personage to be Malik. Throughout Islamic history, Malik has been venerated as an exemplary figure in all the traditional schools of Sunni thought, both by the exoteric ulema and by the mystics , with the latter often designating him as a saint in their hagiographies. Malik's most notable student, Al-Shafi'i (who would himself become the founder of another of the four orthodox legal schools of Sunni law) later said of his teacher: "No one constitutes as great a favor to me in the Religion of God as Malik ... when the scholars of knowledge are mentioned, Malik is the guiding star." Adil Salahi (2001), Scholar Of Renown: Imam Ali Zain Al-Abideen , Arab News, In his scholarship, Ali Zain Al-Abideen was a man of high achievement. Imam Malik describes him as "a sea full of knowledge". All six books of Hadith include traditions reported by him, which suggest that he was considered by all the main scholars as a highly reliable reporter of Hadith. His line of reporting was mainly through his father and grandfather, but he also reported Hadith through the main scholars of the tabieen generation and the Prophet's companions. The Four Imams and Their Schools . "Narrated by Abu Hurayrah by Ahmad, al-Tirmidhi who said it is hasan -- in some manuscripts hasan sahih -- al-Hakim (1:90-91) with three chains, declaring it sahih by Muslim's criterion, al-Bayhaqi in al-Sunan al-Kubra (1:386), etc." (Gibril F.

Islamic scholar and traditionalist (711–795) Not to be confused with Anas ibn Malik . Malik ibn Anas ( Arabic : مَالِك بْن أَنَس , romanized : Mālik ibn ʾAnas ; c. 711 –795) also known as Imam Malik 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 . Born in Medina into the clan of Humayr which belonged to the Banu Taym of Quraysh , Malik studied under Hisham ibn Urwa , Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri , Ja'far al-Sadiq , Nafi ibn Sarjis and others. He rose to become the premier scholar of hadith in his day, Referred to as the Imam of Medina by his contemporaries, his views in matters of jurisprudence became highly cherished both in his own life and afterward, becoming the eponym of the Maliki school , one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence . His school became the normative rite for Sunni practice in much of North Africa , al-Andalus (until the expulsion of medieval native Iberian Muslims ), a vast portion of Egypt , some parts of Syria , Yemen , Sudan , Iraq , and Khorasan , and the prominent orders in Sufism , the Shadili and Tijani . Perhaps Malik's most famous accomplishment in the annals of Islamic history is, however, his compilation of al-Muwatta' , one of the oldest and most revered Sunni hadith collections and one of "the earliest surviving Muslim law-book[s]," in which Malik attempted to "give a survey of law and justice; ritual and practice of religion according to the consensus of Islam in Medina, according to the sunna usual in Medina; and to create a theoretical standard for matters which were not settled from the point of view of consensus and sunna." Composed in the early days of the Abbasid caliphate , during which time there was a burgeoning "recognition and appreciation of the canon law" of the ruling party, Malik's work aimed to trace out a "smoothed path" (which is what al-muwaṭṭaʾ literally means) through "the farreaching differences of opinion even on the most elementary questions." Hailed as "the soundest book on earth after the Quran " by al-Shafi'i , the compilation of al-Muwatta' led to Malik being bestowed with such reverential epithets as Shaykh al-Islam , Proof of the Community , Imam of the Believers in Hadith , Imam of the Abode of Emigration , and Knowledgeable Scholar of Medina in later Sunni tradition. According to classical Sunni tradition, the Islamic prophet Muhammad foretold the birth of Malik, saying: "Very soon will people beat the flanks of camels in search of knowledge and they shall find no one more expert than the knowledgeable scholar of Medina," and, in another tradition, "The people ... shall set forth from East and West without finding a sage other than the sage of the people in Medina." While some later scholars, such as Ibn Hazm and al-Tahawi , did cast doubt on identifying the mysterious wise man of both these traditions with Malik, the most widespread interpretation nevertheless continued to be that which held the personage to be Malik. Throughout Islamic history, Malik has been venerated as an exemplary figure in all the traditional schools of Sunni thought, both by the exoteric ulema and by the mystics , with the latter often designating him as a saint in their hagiographies. Malik's most notable student, ash-Shafi'i (who would himself become the founder of another of the four orthodox legal schools of Sunni law), later said of his teacher: "No one constitutes as great a favor to me in the religion of God as Malik ... when the scholars of knowledge are mentioned, Malik is the star." Adil Salahi (2001), Scholar Of Renown: Imam Ali Zain Al-Abideen , Arab News, In his scholarship, Ali Zain Al-Abideen was a man of high achievement. Imam Malik describes him as "a sea full of knowledge". All six books of Hadith include traditions reported by him, which suggest that he was considered by all the main scholars as a highly reliable reporter of Hadith. His line of reporting was mainly through his father and grandfather, but he also reported Hadith through the main scholars of the tabieen generation and the Prophet's companions. The Four Imams and Their Schools . "Narrated by Abu Hurayrah by Ahmad, al-Tirmidhi who said it is hasan -- in some manuscripts hasan sahih -- al-Hakim (1:90-91) with three chains, declaring it sahih by Muslim's criterion, al-Bayhaqi in al-Sunan al-Kubra (1:386), etc." (Gibril F.