Malik ibn Anas, born around 711 and who died in 795 in Medina, was a Muslim scholar, jurist and hadith traditionalist who founded the Maliki school, one of the four major schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence. Born into the Humayr clan of the Quraysh in Medina, he studied under scholars including Hisham ibn Urwah and Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri and became the leading hadith authority of his era. His most significant work was compiling al-Muwatta, one of the oldest and most revered hadith collections in Islam, praised by the jurist Al-Shafii as the soundest book on earth after the Quran, and his jurisprudential views went on to become the normative legal school across North Africa, al-Andalus, Egypt, Sudan and parts of the wider Middle East.
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RoleMuslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith and traditionalist 1 Place of Death Classification
Field of LawLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence 1 Role
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Born into the Humayr clan of the Quraysh in Medina, he studied under scholars including Hisham ibn Urwah and Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri and became the leading hadith authority of his era.
Introduction, role
Malik ibn Anas was a Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith and traditionalist who is the eponym of the Maliki school, one of the four schools of Islamic jurisprudence in Sunni Islam.
Introduction, field of law
Malik ibn Anas was a Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith and traditionalist who is the eponym of the Maliki school, one of the four schools of Islamic jurisprudence in Sunni Islam.
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Wikidata Q312299, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 711
Wikidata Q312299, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 795
Wikidata Q312299, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 0795-06-07
Wikidata Q312299, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Medina
Wikidata Q312299, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Medina
Wikidata Q312299, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 1
also known as: إمام دار الهجرة
Wikidata Q312299, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 2
also known as: شيخ الإسلام
Wikidata Q312299, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 3
also known as: حُجَّة الأُمَّة
Wikidata Q312299, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 4
also known as: مُفتي الحجاز
Wikidata Q312299, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 5
also known as: فقيه الأُمَّة
Wikidata Q312299, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 6
also known as: سيِّد الأئمَّة
Wikidata Q312299, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 7
also known as: أبو عبد الله
In Legal System: Sharia, Wikipedia lead paragraph
بْن أَنَس, romanized: Mālik ibn ʾAnas; c. 711-795) was a Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith and traditionalist who is the eponym of the Ma
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