Maliki jurists of al-Andalus

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Maliki jurists of al-Andalus were Islamic legal scholars in medieval Muslim Spain who developed a distinctive, context-sensitive Maliki jurisprudence that deeply shaped later legal theory, including al-Shatibi’s thought.

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Maliki jurists of al-Andalus canonical 1
Maliki legal culture 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maliki jurists
group of Islamic legal scholars
religious scholars
activity issuing legal opinions (fatwas)
serving as qadis (judges)
teaching Maliki law in mosques and madrasas
basedOn Qur’an
linked to: Quran

Sunnah
ijma (consensus)
maslaha (public interest)
practice of the people of Medina
qiyas (analogical reasoning)
center Córdoba
Granada
Seville
characteristic attention to social and political context in legal reasoning
integration of local Andalusi customs (urf) into Maliki law
country Almohad dynasty
Almoravid dynasty
Caliphate of Córdoba
Taifa kingdoms of al-Andalus
Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba
linked to: Emirate of Córdoba
developed context-sensitive Maliki jurisprudence
fieldOfWork Islamic jurisprudence
ifta (issuing fatwas)
qada (judiciary)
usul al-fiqh
followedMadhhab Maliki school of law
linked to: Maliki school
influenced Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi
North African Maliki tradition
later Maliki legal theory
theory of maqasid al-sharia
language Arabic
legalSchool Maliki fiqh
linked to: Sunni fiqh
notableMember Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi
Ibn Abd al-Barr
Ibn Habib al-Andalusi
Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
linked to: Averroes

Ibn Rushd al-Jadd (Averroes the Elder)
linked to: Averroes

Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi
occupation faqih
produced commentaries on the Muwatta of Malik
legal compendia
works of usul al-fiqh
region Islamic Iberia
linked to: Islamic Spain

al-Andalus
linked to: Al-Andalus
religiousAffiliation Islam
religiousDenomination Sunni Islam
timePeriod 10th century
11th century
12th century
13th century
8th century
9th century

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al-Muwafaqat of al-Shatibi influencedBy Maliki jurists of al-Andalus
Islamic West culturalFeature Maliki legal culture
linked to: Maliki jurists of al-Andalus