Al-Muwatta - 'The Approved' 2 Volumes,
Arabic / English,
[A4] Hardback - 2 Volume Set,
by Imam Malik ibn Anas [d.179h],
Narrated by Yahia bin Yahya al-Laithi,
Rendered into English by Abdel Raouf Gehan.
Published by Dar al-Kotob al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut.
Back in Stock June 2024
Description :
The Al-Muwatta, 'The Approved,' which was said to have been regarded by Imam Shafi'i, may Allah be pleased with him, to be the soundest book after the Noble Qur'an.
The first formulation of Islamic Law based on the behaviour of the people of Madinah during the time of the great Companions, Al-Muwatta is the blueprint for a just and radiant society: the earliest, clearest, cleanest record of early Islam. It is divided into 61 books on different subjects, each book containing many ahadith. The numbering system used by Imam Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, is consecutive per book.
Imam Malik's Muwatta (the well-trodden path) is a collection of two items:
---the sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, (also known as the sunnah). The reports of the Prophet's, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sayings and deeds are called ahadith.
---the legal opinions and decisions of the Prophet's, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, Companions, their successors, and some later authorities.
Imam Malik ibn Anas ibn Malik ibn 'Amr al-Asbahi, May Allah be pleased with him, was one of the most highly respected scholars of fiqh in Islam, The Shaykh of Islam, 'Proof of the Community,' and 'Imam of the Abode of Emigration.'
He was born and lived his entire life in Madinah and saw the traces of the Companions and Followers and the grave of the Beloved Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and all the great places there. Most people agree that he died in 179 AH (795 CE) at well over eighty years of age and was buried in the famous Jannat al-Baqi cemetery in the City of Madinah with the noble Companions of the Beloved Prophet, May Allah bless him and grant him peace.