Principles
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A Guide to the Solar Eclipse Prayer (Salat al-Kusuf) in the Maliki Madhab
Question: What is the ruling on the eclipse prayer in the Maliki school, and how does one pray it? ﷽ Here is a guide to the solar eclipse…
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Is Pig Hair (Boar’s Bristle) Pure in Maliki Fiqh?
Question: Is hair, fur, etc. permissible from a pig? For example, many beard brushes are made from boar’s bristle, which is a type of pig. In the Name…
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Is it true Malik forbade shaving the mustache?
Question:Is it true Malik forbade shaving the mustache? Answer:Trimming the mustache is a light sunna. Buzzing it is makruh, and shaving it is haram. He held that the…
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Imam Al-Razi’s Debate With Christian Scholars
Imam Al-Sanusi was one of the great Maliki scholars of Kalam, Fiqh, Hadith, and the other Islamic sciences. He is most known for his series of books on…
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A guideline to opinions in the madhhab.
Opinions found in the Maliki school are as follows: Imam al Aghlali organizes the order in which the fatwa of the school should be in his Boutlayhiyya saying…
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Maliki Usul al-Fiqh Poem Written by Shaykh Ibn Abi Kaff As-Shiquiti
“Ussul al Imam Malik” has been written by Sheikh ibn Abi Kaff. It a 3 is a 30 verses poem describing the foundations of the school of Imam…
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Proofs of Making One Taslim in The Maliki School
By Muhammad Umar Mustafa In the Name of Allah, the Most-Gracious, the Most-Merciful. Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon the Messenger of Allah, his family (Ahlul-Bayt)…
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FOUNDATIONAL ROOT-PRINCIPLES OF THE MĀLIKIYYAH by Ustadh Ahmad Ali Al-Adani
Al-Qarāfī and other scholars (at-Tusūlī, Ibn Hamdūn, etc.) enumerated twenty root-principles the Mālikiyyah built their methodology upon. Principles I-V: The Book 1) The explicit implication of…
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The Danger of Rushing to Issue Fatwas – Shaykh Muhammad Mawlud & Shaykh Rami Nsour
This text is an except from the book “The Prohibitions of the Tongue” written by Shaykh Muhammad Mawlud. This book has been translated and commented in english by…
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Is There Any Difference of Belief Between Hanafis and Malikis?
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: I am Hanafi and I plan on taking a belief class that is taught by a Maliki. Is there any difference…
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About the Maliki School – Dr Umar Faruq Abdullah
Presentation of the Maliki Madhab: The maliki school and the consensus of Medina : The teachers of Imam Malik Ibn Anas part 1: The teachers of Imam Malik…
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Ibn Rajab’s Refutation of Those Who Do Not Follow The Four Schools
Ibn Rajab’s Refutation of Those Who Do Not Follow The Four Schools By Musa Furber Ibn Rajab’s essay The Refutation of Those Who Follow Other Than The Four Schools…
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Consensus (Ijma’) according to Imam Malik – Shaykh Muhammad Abu Zahrah
The Fourth Source: Consensus (Ijma’) Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, was probably the one of the four Imams who most frequently mentioned consensus and used it…
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The Practice of the People of Madina – Shaykh Muhammad Abu Zahrah
The Fifth Source: The Practice of the People of Madina Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, considered the practice of the people of Madina to be a…
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The ‘Amal of Madina by Aisha Bewley
You probably have heard the term, “the ‘amal of the people of Madina” and wondered what it means and what all the fuss is about. What is…
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Taqleed: A Letter Response from Imam al-Ghazali to Qadi Abu Bakr Ibn al-‘Arabi al-Maliki
For a complete list of the english books on maliki fiqh, please click on the links below: List 1 List 2 Epistle of Imam al-Ghazali to the faqih…
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Shaykh Murabit al Hajj’s Fatwa on Following One of the Four Accepted Madhhabs (Translated by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf)
For a complete list of the english books on maliki fiqh, please click on the links below: List 1 List 2 Shaykh Murabit al Hajj’s Fatwa on Following…
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Maliki Scholars and Technical Terms
Taken from Al-Madkhal al-Wajiz fi Istilat madhhab as-Sadat al-Malikiyya, by Ibrahim al-Mukhtar Ahmad ‘Umar al-Jabruti az-Zayla’i Technical Terms “The Book”: By this they mean the Mudawwana. Ummahat…
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Is it Permissible to Keep a Watchdog Inside The House? – Shaykh Rami Nsour
For a complete list of the english books on maliki fiqh, please click on the links below: List 1 List 2 Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: Is…
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The Maliki View on Drawings of Humans and Animals
For a complete list of the english books on maliki fiqh, please click on the links below: List 1 List 2 Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: Assalaamu…
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Is Friday Prayer Valid in a Rented Space in the Maliki School? – Shaykh Rami Nsour
Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: According to the School of Imam Malik, is one’s Jumu’ah valid if prayed in a rented space as opposed to a Masjid?…
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The Vindication of the People of the Maghrib Concerning the Issue of Sadl (Laying the Hands Straight in the Prayer in the Mālikī Madh-hab)
The Vindication of the People of the Maghrib Concerning the Issue of Sadl (Laying the Hands Straight in the Prayer in the Mālikī Madh-hab) The Vindication of the People…
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Is it ‘possible’ for Allah to have a Son? – Shaykh Abdullah Bin Hamid Ali
One of the primary beliefs of Muslims is that Allah is All-Powerful. This often leads to some rather confusing questions about the reality of Allah’s power. Can Allah…
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Repeating Prayers in Maliki School for Not Doing “Dalk” in Wudu- Shaykh Rami Nsour
Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: I just learned that it is obligatory to pass one limb over another limb in ghusl. Do I have to pray for…