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:

• Hijaaz
• Basrah (Iraq)
• Egypt and surrounding areas of Africa
• Andalus

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).