Al-Muwatta

Muwatta Imam Malik
	Marinid manuscript of the Muwatta, dated 1326 CE
Author	Imam Malik ibn Anas
Original title	موطأ الإمام مالك
Language	Arabic
Genre	Hadith collection

Al-Muwaṭṭaʾ (Arabic: الموطأ, 'the approved') or Muwatta Imam Malik (Arabic: موطأ الإمام مالك) of Imam Malik (711–795) written in the 8th-century, is one of the earliest collections of hadith texts comprising the subjects of Islamic law, compiled by the Imam, Malik ibn Anas.^[1] It is also the earliest extant example of a musannaf, referring to a genre of hadith compilation which arranges hadith topically.

Malik's best-known work, Al-Muwatta was the first legal work to incorporate and combine hadith and fiqh.^[2]

^ al-Kattani, Muhammad ibn Ja`far (2007). Muhammad al-Muntasir al-Kattani (ed.). al-Risalah al-Mustatrafah (in Arabic) (seventh ed.). Beirut: Dar al-Bashair al-Islamiyyah. pp. 9, 41.
^ Swartz, Merlin (1991). "Review of Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik translated by Aisha Bewley". Review of Middle East Studies. 25: 102–103. doi:10.1017/S0026318400024056. ISSN 0026-3184. S2CID 164621961.

[Risalah-1] -Kattani, Muhammad ibn Ja`far (2007). Muhammad al-Muntasir al-Kattani (ed.). al-Risalah al-Mustatrafah (in Arabic) (seventh ed.). Beirut: Dar al-Bashair al-Islamiyyah. pp. 9, 41.

[2] Swartz, Merlin (1991). "Review of Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik translated by Aisha Bewley". Review of Middle East Studies. 25: 102–103. doi:10.1017/S0026318400024056. ISSN 0026-3184. S2CID 164621961.

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Marinid manuscript of the Muwatta, dated 1326 CE
Author	Imam Malik ibn Anas
Original title	موطأ الإمام مالك
Language	Arabic
Genre	Hadith collection