Al-Muwatta

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Al-Muwatta is a foundational early Islamic legal and hadith compilation by Imam Malik ibn Anas that serves as a primary source for Maliki jurisprudence.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas 4
Al-Muwatta canonical 3
al-Muwatta 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic legal text ⓘ
fiqh manual ⓘ
hadith collection ⓘ
author Malik ibn Anas ⓘ
basedOn practice of the people of Medina ⓘ
contains hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
legal opinions of Malik ibn Anas ⓘ
sayings of Companions ⓘ
sayings of Successors ⓘ
coversTopic commercial transactions ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
divorce ⓘ
fasting ⓘ
hajj ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ
judicial procedure ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
oaths and vows ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
ritual purity ⓘ
zakat ⓘ
focusesOn Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
legal hadiths ⓘ
genre fiqh ⓘ
hadith ⓘ
hasCommentariesBy later Maliki scholars ⓘ
hasMultipleRecensions yes ⓘ
includesTypeOfReport maqtu report ⓘ
marfu hadith ⓘ
mawquf report ⓘ
influenced development of Sunni legal theory ⓘ
later Maliki jurists ⓘ
madhhab Maliki ⓘ
methodologyEmphasizes Medinan consensus ⓘ
practice of the people of Medina as proof ⓘ
notableRecensionBy Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani ⓘ
Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Medina ⓘ
primaryLanguage Arabic ⓘ
recognizedAs foundational text of Maliki jurisprudence ⓘ
one of the earliest extant hadith collections ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
schoolOfLaw Maliki school ⓘ
statusInMalikiSchool primary source of law ⓘ
structure chapters arranged by legal topics ⓘ
studiedIn traditional Islamic seminaries ⓘ
timeOfComposition 8th century ⓘ
transmittedOrally yes ⓘ
usedAs reference in Islamic legal rulings ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

Maliki school → hasCanonicalText → Al-Muwatta ⓘ
Maliki → legalText → Al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muwatta
Malik ibn Anas → authored → Al-Muwatta ⓘ
Malik ibn Anas → notableWork → Al-Muwatta ⓘ
Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr → relatedTo → al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muwatta
Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi → authorityOn → Malik’s al-Muwatta ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muwatta
Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi → transmittedWork → al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muwatta
al-Tamhid lima fi al-Muwatta min al-Ma‘ani wa al-Asanid → basedOnWork → al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muwatta
al-Istidhkar li Madhhab ‘Ulama al-Amsar → influencedBy → al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muwatta