Muwatta Malik

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Muwatta Malik is an early and highly respected Sunni hadith collection compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas, notable for combining prophetic traditions with the legal practice of the people of Medina.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious text
Sunni hadith collection
hadith collection
associatedWith early Medinan scholarly tradition
author Malik ibn Anas NERFINISHED
citedBy later Maliki jurists
compiler Malik ibn Anas NERFINISHED
contains hadith
legal opinions (fiqh)
sayings of Companions of Muhammad
sayings of Successors (Tabi'un)
sayings of the Prophet Muhammad NERFINISHED
dateOfCompilation 8th century
denomination Sunni Islam
focusesOn legal practice of the people of Medina
genre hadith and fiqh
geographicalInfluence North Africa NERFINISHED
West Africa NERFINISHED
al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) NERFINISHED
parts of the Arabian Peninsula
hasMultipleRecensions yes
influenced Maliki jurisprudence
development of usul al-fiqh in the Maliki school
later hadith compilers
language Arabic
methodology combines hadith with Medinan legal practice
notableRecension Yahya al-Laythi’s recension GENERATED
placeOfCompilation Medina NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Sunni hadith scholars
regardedAs highly authentic by many Sunni scholars
one of the earliest extant hadith collections
religion Islam
schoolOfLaw Maliki NERFINISHED
statusInMalikiSchool primary reference text after the Qur'an
structure books (kutub)
subject criminal law
ethics and manners
marriage and family law
ritual worship (ibadat)
transactions (muamalat)
titleMeaning The Well-Trodden Path NERFINISHED
usedFor deriving legal rulings
teaching Maliki fiqh
teaching hadith
usesSource practice of the people of Medina

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