Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi

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Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi was a prominent 9th-century Andalusian Maliki jurist best known for transmitting and popularizing one of the most authoritative versions of Imam Malik’s legal compendium, al-Muwatta.

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Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Andalusian scholar ⓘ
Islamic scholar ⓘ
Muslim jurist ⓘ
hadith transmitter ⓘ
authorityOn Malik’s al-Muwatta ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muwatta
birthPlace al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Al-Andalus
citizenship Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba ⓘ
linked to: Emirate of Córdoba
contributedTo establishment of Maliki madhhab as dominant in al-Andalus ⓘ
deathPlace Cordoba ⓘ
era 9th century ⓘ
Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arab ⓘ
linked to: Arabs
fieldOfWork Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
Maliki fiqh ⓘ
linked to: Maliki school

hadith studies ⓘ
historicalRegion Islamic Spain ⓘ
influenced later Andalusian Maliki jurists ⓘ
spread of Maliki fiqh in al-Andalus ⓘ
influencedBy Malik ibn Anas ⓘ
Medinan scholars of hadith and fiqh ⓘ
juridicalRole mufti ⓘ
jurisprudenceTradition Sunni Islam ⓘ
knownFor authoritative recension of al-Muwatta ⓘ
popularizing the Maliki school in al-Andalus ⓘ
transmission of Malik ibn Anas’s al-Muwatta ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
legacy his recension of al-Muwatta used as a primary Maliki reference text ⓘ
legalSchool Maliki ⓘ
notableFor his version of al-Muwatta becoming one of the most widespread recensions ⓘ
notableWork transmission of al-Muwatta of Malik ⓘ
occupation jurist ⓘ
qadi ⓘ
traditionist ⓘ
region al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Al-Andalus
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousDenomination Sunni ⓘ
residence Cordoba ⓘ
role leading Maliki authority in al-Andalus ⓘ
scholarlyReputation reliable transmitter of Malik’s teachings ⓘ
schoolTradition Medinan legal tradition ⓘ
studentOf Malik ibn Anas ⓘ
studiedUnder Malik ibn Anas ⓘ
other Medinan scholars of the Maliki school ⓘ
transmittedWork al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muwatta
tribe Banu Layth ⓘ

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Al-Muwatta → notableRecensionBy → Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi ⓘ
Maliki jurists of al-Andalus → notableMember → Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi ⓘ