MALIK See also:

• IBN

IBN ANAS (c. 718-795)  , the founder of the Malikite school of See also:

• CANON

canon See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MEDINA
• MEDINA, JOSE TORIBIO (1852- )

Medina about A.D . 718: the precise date is not certain . He studied and passed his See also:

• LIFE

life there, and came to be regarded as the greatest See also:

• LOCAL

local authority in See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology and law . (For his legal See also:

• SYSTEM

system and its See also:

• HISTORY

history see See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

MAHOMMEDAN LAW.) His life was one of extreme See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour and dignity, but uneventful, being given to study, lecturing on law and acting as See also:

• MUFTI

mufti and 'See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge . Only two episodes stand out in his See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography . When Mahommed See also:

• IBN

ibn 'Abdallah, the 'Alid, See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose in A.D . 762 at Medina against the 'See also:

• ABBASIDS

Abbasids, Malik gave a fatwa, or legal See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion, that the See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to the'Abbasids was invalid, as extorted by force . For this See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence he was severely scourged by the `Abbasid See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor, who, apparently, did not dare to go beyond scourging with a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of his See also:

• STANDING

standing with the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . The second See also:

• EPISODE

episode gave equal See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof of independence . In 795 See also:

• HARLAN
• HARLAN, JAMES (1820-1899)
• HARLAN, JOHN MARSHALL (1833- )

Harlan al-Rashid made the See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage, came with two of his sons to Medina, and sat at the feet of Malik as he lectured in the See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, legendary or See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical, adds that Malik had refused to go to the See also:

• CALIPH, CALIF

caliph, saying that it was for the student to come to 'his teacher . See also:

• LATE

Late in life he seems to have turned to See also:

• ASCETICISM

asceticism and contemplation .

It is said that he retired from all active, public life and even neglected See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, public duties, replying to reproaches, " Not every one can speak in his own excuse " (Ibn Qutaiba, Ma 'arif, 250) . He is also entered among the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early ascetic Sufis (cf . Fihrist, 183) . He died in Medina, A.D . 795 . For a description of his See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• BOOK

book, the Muwatta', see See also:

• GOLDZIHER, IGNAZ (1850– )

Goldziher's Muhammedanische Studien, ii . 213 sqq . He wrote also a See also:

• KORAN

Koran commentary, now apparently lost, and a hortatory See also:

• EPISTLE

epistle to Harlan al-Rashid . See further, de Slane's trans. of Ibn Khallikan, ii . 545 sqq.; von Kremer, Culturgeschichte, i . 477 sqq.; Brockelmann; Gesch. der crab . Litt., i .

175 sqq . ; See also:

• MACDONALD, FLORA (1722—1790)
• MACDONALD, GEORGE (1824-1905)
• MACDONALD, JACQUES ETIENNE JOSEPH
• MACDONALD, JOHN SANDFIELD (1812-1872)
• MACDONALD, LAWRENCE (1799-1878)
• MACDONALD, SIR HECTOR ARCHIBALD (1852-1903)
• MACDONALD, SIR JOHN ALEXANDER (1815-1891)

Macdonald, Muslim Theology, &c., 99 sqq. and See also:

• INDEX

index; Fihrist, 198 seq . ; See also:

• NAWAWI

Nawawi, 530 sqq . (D . B .