Maliki

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Maliki is one of the four major Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence, known for its reliance on the practices of the people of Medina as a primary source of legal authority.

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Label Occurrences
Maliki canonical 30

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sunni Islamic school of jurisprudence
madhhab
contemporaryRelevance widely followed in North and West Africa
emphasizes practice of the people of Medina
fiqhScope criminal law
family law
judicial procedure
ritual worship (ibadat)
transactions (muamalat)
foundedBy Malik ibn Anas
geographicalDistribution Algeria
Chad
Libya
North Africa
surface form: Maghreb

Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Niger
Northern Nigeria
surface form: Nigeria (northern regions)

North Africa
Senegal
Sudan
Tunisia
West Africa
parts of Egypt
parts of the Arabian Peninsula
hasSubSchool Andalusian Maliki tradition
Iraqi Maliki tradition
Maghrebi Maliki tradition
historicalCenter Cordoba (historical)
surface form: Cordoba

Kairouan
Medina
legalMethodologyFeature consideration of custom (urf)
preference for Medinan practice over solitary hadith in some cases
use of istihsan in limited form
use of maslahah mursalah (public interest)
legalText Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr
Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra
Al-Muwatta
surface form: Al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas

At-Taj wa al-Iklil by al-Mawwāq
Bidayat al-Mujtahid by Ibn Rushd
namedAfter Malik ibn Anas
relativeSize one of the four major Sunni madhhabs
religion Sunni Islam
usesPrimarySource Quran
Sunnah
amal ahl al-Madina
ijma
qiyas
viewOnHadith prefers well-established Medinan practice over isolated hadith reports in some rulings
viewOnSources gives significant weight to Medinan consensus

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Usman dan Fodio fiqh Maliki
Averroes legalSchool Maliki
Ibn Khaldun madhhab Maliki
Al-Muwatta madhhab Maliki
Abu Madyan madhhab Maliki
Ibn al-Qasim madhhab Maliki
Sahnun madhhab Maliki
Al-Qarafi madhhab Maliki
Malik ibn Anas schoolOfLaw Maliki
Ibn Abd al-Barr madhhab Maliki
Khalil ibn Ishaq madhhab Maliki
Ahmad Zarruq legalSchool Maliki
al-Qurtubi madhhab Maliki
subject surface form: Al-Qurtubi
Bidayat al-Mujtahid by Ibn Rushd legalSchoolOfAuthor Maliki
subject surface form: Bidayat al-Mujtahid
At-Taj wa al-Iklil by al-Mawwāq religiousSchool Maliki
subject surface form: At-Taj wa al-Iklil
Great Mosque of Tunis rite Maliki
Ibn Juzayy schoolOfThought Maliki