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.
All labels observed (1)
| 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.
subject surface form:
Al-Qurtubi
subject surface form:
Bidayat al-Mujtahid
subject surface form:
At-Taj wa al-Iklil