Who is Imam Malik?

Imam Malik is the connection of the entire Islamic Community to the knowledge of the Sunna as it was preserved by the scholars of the Prophet’s city, al-Madina. This reference-point of his school of jurisprudence is observed time and again in the Muwatta’ with the phrase: “And this is what I have found (or seen) the people of knowledge practicing.”

Who was Malik ibn Anas?

One of the greatest, if not the greatest, of Sunni scholars was “Imam” Malik ibn Anas, author of famous Muwatta Imam Malik, the apocryphal father of Maliki madhab(one of four Sunni schools of jurisprudence).

What is the famous Maliki work Al-Mudawwana?

The famous Maliki work, Al-Mudawwana was a result of his effort. Asad ibn al-Furat and Abdus Salam bin Saeed Sahnun both asked innumerable fiqh -related questions to Ibn al-Qasim, of which some were taken from Imam Muhammad bin Hasan al-Shaybani’s views. The answers which were given by Ibn al-Qasim were prepared in light of Imam Malik’s views.

Is Imam Malik’s Muwatta authentic?

His narrations are considered the most known and authentic of Imam Malik’s Muwatta . Imam Malik rh was a muhadith. After the Quran and Sunnah, he held the fatwas of the Companions ra and practices of the dwellers of Medina to be the most authentic sources of knowledge.

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