Four Schools / Founder

Mālik ibn ʾAnas

Founder of the Mālikiyyah school and one of the formative imams of Sunni jurisprudence.

School

Mālikiyyah

Legacy

Jurisprudence, transmitted knowledge, and the enduring formation of Sunni legal method.

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Biography

His formation, teachers, scholarly life, public trials, and final years.

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Accounts of his character, worship, learning, generosity, and scholarly standing.

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His teaching, legal method, works, students, and enduring influence.

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Source cautions and the evidentiary basis used throughout the biography.

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The principal chronicles, biographical works, and transmitted source collections.