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Muwatta
Imam Malik
Arabic- English
Narrated by: Yahya b Yahya b Kathir Al-Laith
Al-Andalusi
Reprinted in 1 Hardback Volume 495 Pages
Published by Darul Isha'at Pakistan, HardBack
Rendered to English by F. Amira Zrien Matraji
Corrected and Revised by: Dr. Mahmood Matraji
Imported Books
'Malik's great Work which is the earliest
surviving Muslim Law-Book. Its object is to give a survey of law and
justice, ritual and Practice of religion, according to the tradition
applied in Madina, and to create a theoretical standard for matters which
were not settled from the point of view of the tradition.
In a period of of recognition and appreciation of the cannon law under the
earlier Abbasids, there was a practical interest in pointing out a smooth
path (this is practically what al-Muwatta means) through the for reaching
difference of opinion even on the the most elementary questions. However
Al-Muwatta thus represents the transition from the doctrinal writing of
the earliest period to the pure science of hadith of the later
period" ( taken from the Preface of this book.) The first formulation of Islamic Law based on
the
people of Madinah during the time of the great Companions. The
Quality of the Print & Translation is not as high as the Bewley
version, however it is Hardback and includes the Arabic
Imam Malik ibn Anas ibn Malik ibn 'Amr al-Asbahi was one of the
most highly respected scholars of fiqh in Islam, The Sheikh of Islam, 'Proof of
the Community,' and 'Imam of the Abode of Emigration.
He was born and lived his whole life in Madina and saw the traces of the
Companions and Followers and the grave of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, and all the great places there
The Al-Muwatta, 'The Approved,' which was said to have been
regarded by Imam Shafi'i to be the soundest book after the Qur'an.
Most people agree that he died in 179 AH (795 AD) at well over eighty
years of age and was buried in the famous al-Baqie cemetery in the City of Madina
with the noble companions of the Prophet.
Imam Malik's followers and disciples developed the Fiqh science based on his
books which came to be known as the Maliki Madhhab (approach).
The
Messenger of God (SAW) said ' A Young man never honors old man due to age but
that God sends someone to honor him when he reaches that Age 'At-Tirmidhi'
The
Content of Character - Ethical Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, Collected by:
Shaykh Al-Amin Ali Mazrui Tras&Intro By Hamza Yusuf
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