Maliki jurists of al-Andalus

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Maliki jurists of al-Andalus were Islamic legal scholars in medieval Muslim Spain who developed a distinctive, context-sensitive Maliki jurisprudence that deeply shaped later legal theory, including al-Shatibi’s thought.

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Maliki jurists of al-Andalus canonical 1
Maliki legal culture 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maliki jurists ⓘ
group of Islamic legal scholars ⓘ
religious scholars ⓘ
activity issuing legal opinions (fatwas) ⓘ
serving as qadis (judges) ⓘ
teaching Maliki law in mosques and madrasas ⓘ
basedOn Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran

Sunnah ⓘ
ijma (consensus) ⓘ
maslaha (public interest) ⓘ
practice of the people of Medina ⓘ
qiyas (analogical reasoning) ⓘ
center Córdoba ⓘ
Granada ⓘ
Seville ⓘ
characteristic attention to social and political context in legal reasoning ⓘ
integration of local Andalusi customs (urf) into Maliki law ⓘ
country Almohad dynasty ⓘ
Almoravid dynasty ⓘ
Caliphate of Córdoba ⓘ
Taifa kingdoms of al-Andalus ⓘ
Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba ⓘ
linked to: Emirate of Córdoba
developed context-sensitive Maliki jurisprudence ⓘ
fieldOfWork Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
ifta (issuing fatwas) ⓘ
qada (judiciary) ⓘ
usul al-fiqh ⓘ
followedMadhhab Maliki school of law ⓘ
linked to: Maliki school
influenced Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi ⓘ
North African Maliki tradition ⓘ
later Maliki legal theory ⓘ
theory of maqasid al-sharia ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
legalSchool Maliki fiqh ⓘ
linked to: Sunni fiqh
notableMember Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi ⓘ
Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi ⓘ
Ibn Abd al-Barr ⓘ
Ibn Habib al-Andalusi ⓘ
Ibn Rushd (Averroes) ⓘ
linked to: Averroes

Ibn Rushd al-Jadd (Averroes the Elder) ⓘ
linked to: Averroes

Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi ⓘ
occupation faqih ⓘ
produced commentaries on the Muwatta of Malik ⓘ
legal compendia ⓘ
works of usul al-fiqh ⓘ
region Islamic Iberia ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Spain

al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Al-Andalus
religiousAffiliation Islam ⓘ
religiousDenomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
timePeriod 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ

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al-Muwafaqat of al-Shatibi → influencedBy → Maliki jurists of al-Andalus ⓘ
Islamic West → culturalFeature → Maliki legal culture ⓘ
linked to: Maliki jurists of al-Andalus