Al-Muwatta

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Al-Muwatta is a foundational early Islamic legal and hadith compilation by Imam Malik ibn Anas that serves as a primary source for Maliki jurisprudence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic legal text
fiqh manual
hadith collection
author Malik ibn Anas
basedOn practice of the people of Medina
contains hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad
legal opinions of Malik ibn Anas
sayings of Companions
sayings of Successors
coversTopic commercial transactions
criminal law
divorce
fasting
hajj
inheritance
judicial procedure
marriage
oaths and vows
prayer
ritual purity
zakat
focusesOn Islamic jurisprudence
legal hadiths
genre fiqh
hadith
hasCommentariesBy later Maliki scholars
hasMultipleRecensions yes
includesTypeOfReport maqtu report
marfu hadith
mawquf report
influenced development of Sunni legal theory
later Maliki jurists
madhhab Maliki
methodologyEmphasizes Medinan consensus
practice of the people of Medina as proof
notableRecensionBy Muhammad al-Shaybani
surface form: Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani

Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi
placeOfOrigin Medina
primaryLanguage Arabic
recognizedAs foundational text of Maliki jurisprudence
one of the earliest extant hadith collections
religion Islam
schoolOfLaw Maliki school
statusInMalikiSchool primary source of law
structure chapters arranged by legal topics
studiedIn traditional Islamic seminaries
timeOfComposition 8th century
transmittedOrally yes
usedAs reference in Islamic legal rulings

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Maliki school hasCanonicalText Al-Muwatta
Maliki legalText Al-Muwatta
this entity surface form: Al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas
Malik ibn Anas authored Al-Muwatta
Malik ibn Anas notableWork Al-Muwatta
Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr relatedTo Al-Muwatta
this entity surface form: al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas