Imam Malik ibn Anas

مَالِك بْن أَنَس

Founder of the Maliki school of jurisprudence

Born: 711 CE, Medina

Died: 795 CE, Medina

Era: Classical

Field: Fiqh, Hadith

Origin: Medina, Arabia

Malik ibn Anas is the founder of the Maliki school and author of Al-Muwatta — the earliest surviving book of hadith and jurisprudence. He never left the city of the Prophet ﷺ.