The four imaams offered a great service in the field of fiqh and their heritage is great value to the ummah. The second of them:
Imaam Maalik bin Anas
He is Maalik bin Anas bin Maalik al-Asbahee. He was born in Madinah in 93H and died in 179H. From his most well-known teachers:
- Abd al-Rahmaan bin Hurmuz (d. 117H)
- Naafi' mawlaa of Ibn Umar (d. 117H)
- Muhammad bin Shihaab al-Zuhree (d. 124H)
- Yahyaa bin Sa'eed al-Ansaaree (d. 143H)
- Rabee'ah bin Abee Abd al-Rahmaan (d. 136H)
From his most well-known students:
- Abdullaah bin Wahb bin Muslim (d. 179H border=0>
- Abd al-Rahmaan bin al-Qaasim (d. 191H)
- Asad bin al-Furaat bin Sinaan (d. 213H)
- Muhammad bin Deenaar (d. 182H)
- Abd al-Azeez bin Abee Haazim
- Uthmaan bin Eesaa bin Kinaanah
- Abd al-Rahmaan bin Khaalid al-Iskandaree
The foundations of his madhhab:
- The Noble Qur'an
- The Prophetic Sunnah
- The actions of the people of Madinah
- The saying of the Companion
- Al-Masaalih al-Mursalah (matters of broad public interest)
The spread of his madhhab:
Most famous books of the madhhab:
- al-Mudawwanah al-Kubraa of Maalik (d. 179H)
- Mukhtasar Khaleel (d. 776H).
Refer to (الملخصات الفقهية الميسرة) "Simple, Summarized Fiqh Principles" (Imaad Ali Jumu'ah, 1434H, Dar al-Nafaa'is).
