Malik ibn Anas dies in Medina; his al-Muwatta, among the earliest surviving books of Islamic law, grounds the Maliki school, which follows the practice of Medina and spreads across North and West Africa.
Tagged: Muslim Sunni Islam
The Event
- Date
- c. 795 (approximate)
- Era
- Abbasid; Standard periodization of Islamic history
- Location
- Medina; today Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Traditions
- Islam
- Streams
- Sunni Islam
- Key figures
- Malik ibn Anas
- Key texts
- Al-Muwatta
Primary Sources
- Al-Muwatta
Secondary Sources
- Hallaq, An Introduction to Islamic Law (Cambridge, 2009)
- Schacht, An Introduction to Islamic Law (Oxford, 1964)
Provenance: HIST-0221; confidence 0.85; accessed 2026-10-27.
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