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Classical works organised by school, author and topic.

Maliki · Hadith

Al-Muwatta'

الموطأ

Imam Malik ibn Anas · d. 179 AH

The earliest surviving compendium of hadith and Madinan practice arranged by legal chapter.

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Maliki · Fiqh

Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra

المدونة الكبرى

Imam Sahnun · d. 240 AH

Malik's positions transmitted through Ibn al-Qasim; the backbone of Maliki legal training in North Africa.

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Maliki · Fiqh

Mukhtasar Khalil

مختصر خليل

Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi · d. 776 AH

A famously concise summary of relied-upon Maliki positions, memorised across West Africa to this day.

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