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Malik ibn Anas

Malik anchored legal reasoning in the inherited practice of Medina and shaped the Maliki school.

BORN 711 CE · Medina, HijazDIED 795 CE · Medina, HijazERA Early Abbasid

NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION

Preserved Medinan legal practice and authored al-Muwatta, a landmark legal-hadith work.

THE RECORD

His teaching emphasized the practice of the people of Medina.
Al-Muwatta combined hadith, legal reports, and juristic judgments.
The Maliki school became especially influential in North and West Africa and parts of Andalusia.