| We would then promulgate it in the entire Muslim state | Commentaries on Al-Muwatta [ ] Due to the importance of the Al-Muwatta to it has often been accompanied by commentaries, mostly but not exclusively by followers of the school |
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| Composed over a forty-year period, Malik's 'Muwatta' "Well-trodden Path" —i | However, through close examination it is apparent that the author made revisions to both after their completion due to the cross referencing found in both |
al-Risalah al-Mustatrafah in Arabic seventh ed.
| [ ] Composition of al-Muwatta [ ] Al-Muwatta consists of approximately 1,720 hadith divided amongst the following as follows:• Nonetheless, it is not merely a collection of hadith; many of the legal precepts it contains are not based on hadith at all | " Over one thousand disciples of Malik have transmitted this work from him |
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| This has resulted in differences in the text in various instances | There are thirty known versions of the work of which the most famous is the one transmitted by |
It is said that the Istidhkar was written after the Tamhid, as Ibn Abd al Barr himself alludes to in the introduction.
27| Sharh Muwatta by See also [ ]• Malik's best-known work, Al-Muwatta was the first legal work to incorporate and combine hadith and except possibly for 's Musnad | 222 hadiths Distinguishing characteristics [ ] Amin Ahsan Islahi has listed several distinguishing characteristics of the Muwatta:• Highly literary form of the classical Arabic |
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| [ ] Authenticity [ ] Part of on• "Review of Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik translated by Aisha Bewley" | Shah Waliullah attached great importance to the Muwatta and penned another commentary in Urdu too |
Review of Middle East Studies.
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