Imam malik history in urdu

8th-century Islamic hadith collection

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, 'well-trodden path') 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]

Description

It is considered to be from the earliest extant collections of hadith that form the basis of Islamicjurisprudence alongside the Qur'an.^[3] It includes reliable hadith from the people