Its name also means that it is the book that is "many times agreed upon"- about whose contents the people of Madinah were unanimously agreed. Its high standing is such that people of every school of fiqh and all of the imams of hadith scholarship agree upon its authenticity. Imam Shafi'i famously said, "There is not on the face of the earth a book - after the Book of Allah - which is more authentic than the book of Malik." The following is an english translation of the al-Muwatta by 'Aisha Bewley:
Saturday, June 6, 2009
al-Muwaṭṭa al-Malik
Al-Muwaṭṭa of Imam Malik ibn Anas, the great jurist of Madina and founder of the Maliki school of Islamic Law, is a complete record of the legal and social parameters of the original Muslim community in Al-Madina. Imam Malik composed al-Muwaṭṭa over a period of forty years to represent the "well-trodden path" of the people of Madinah.
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