Scholar·Abbasid
Death of Imam Malik ibn Anas in Medina
- Date
- 795 CE179 AH1,231 years ago
- Place
- Medina, Hejaz, Abbasid Caliphate
- People
- Malik ibn Anas, Harun al-Rashid
Malik ibn Anas died in Medina in 795. He wrote al-Muwatta, one of the earliest surviving works that combines hadith with legal rulings. He taught for decades in the Prophet's Mosque, and students came to him from across the Abbasid lands. His legal school, the Maliki madhhab, spread across North Africa, al-Andalus and West Africa.
Why it matters
The Maliki school became the main school of law in much of North Africa and al-Andalus.