Malik ibn Anas
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Malik ibn Anas was an 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian from Medina, renowned as the founder of one of the major Sunni schools of Islamic law and as the compiler of the influential hadith collection Al-Muwatta.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malik ibn Anas canonical | 15 |
| Imam Malik | 1 |
| Imam Malik ibn Anas | 1 |
| Mālik | 1 |
| Mālik ibn Anas ibn Mālik ibn Abī ʿĀmir al-Aṣbaḥī | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic theologian
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Medinan scholar ⓘ Muslim jurist ⓘ founder of a Sunni madhhab ⓘ hadith scholar ⓘ |
| associatedSchool |
Maliki school
ⓘ
surface form:
Maliki madhhab
|
| associatedWith |
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet's Mosque in Medina
|
| authored | Al-Muwatta ⓘ |
| century | 8th century ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| era | 8th century ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic theology
ⓘ
fiqh ⓘ hadith studies ⓘ |
| founded |
Maliki school
ⓘ
surface form:
Maliki school of Islamic law
|
| fullName |
Malik ibn Anas
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mālik ibn Anas ibn Mālik ibn Abī ʿĀmir al-Aṣbaḥī
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| genre |
fiqh manual
ⓘ
hadith collection ⓘ |
| inAlMuwatta | includes hadith and legal opinions ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
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Al-Shafi'i ⓘ Sunni legal theory ⓘ later Maliki jurists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri
ⓘ
Ibn Umar ⓘ
surface form:
Nafi' mawla Ibn Umar
Rabia al‑Adawiyya ⓘ
surface form:
Rabi'a al-Ra'y
|
| influenceScope |
Islamic Spain
ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic Spain (al-Andalus)
North and West Africa ⓘ parts of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ |
| jurisprudentialApproach |
importance of maslahah (public interest)
ⓘ
relatively conservative use of qiyas ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Malik ibn Anas
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surface form:
Imam Malik
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| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalSchoolFoundedIn | Medina ⓘ |
| methodology | emphasis on practice of the people of Medina ⓘ |
| notability | one of the four great Sunni imams of fiqh ⓘ |
| notableWork | Al-Muwatta ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Medina ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Medina ⓘ |
| region | Hejaz ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousLaw | Sharia ⓘ |
| schoolOfLaw | Maliki ⓘ |
| status | founder of Maliki madhhab ⓘ |
| taught |
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
ⓘ
surface form:
in the Prophet's Mosque in Medina
|
| tradition |
Sunni Islam
ⓘ
surface form:
Sunni
|
| veneratedIn | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| viewOnHadith | prioritized authentic Medinan practice and well-attested reports ⓘ |
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mālik
this entity surface form:
Mālik ibn Anas ibn Mālik ibn Abī ʿĀmir al-Aṣbaḥī
this entity surface form:
Imam Malik
this entity surface form:
Imam Malik ibn Anas
subject surface form:
Al-Qurtubi