The Muwatta Of Imam Malik

Malek’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 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.

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